Starchy Roots — Food supply in Barbados
Barbados: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 12,490 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Barbados, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 12,490 million Kcal for starchy roots — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Barbados peaked at 12,490 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,272 million Kcal, in 2011.
Barbados ranks 174th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Barbados, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10,751 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 10,272 million Kcal | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 10,644 million Kcal | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 10,883 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 10,656 million Kcal | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 11,144 million Kcal | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 11,207 million Kcal | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 11,147 million Kcal | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 10,691 million Kcal | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 10,436 million Kcal | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 11,338 million Kcal | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 11,793 million Kcal | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 12,467 million Kcal | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 12,490 million Kcal | +0.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 12,490 million Kcal is below the median for high income countries, which is 158,150 million Kcal, 8% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 12,490 million Kcal is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 130,782 million Kcal, 10% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10,783 million Kcal | 10,272 million Kcal | 11,207 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,022 million Kcal | 11,338 million Kcal | 12,490 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 171 Montenegro 13,037 million Kcal compare
- 172 Cabo Verde 12,896 million Kcal compare
- 173 Micronesia (Federated States of) 12,581 million Kcal compare
- 175 Djibouti 11,724 million Kcal compare
- 176 French Polynesia 11,099 million Kcal compare
- 177 Iceland 10,228 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.19 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.403 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Barbados?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Barbados was 12,490 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 12,490 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,272 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Barbados rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Barbados ranks 174th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.