Sugar cane — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 1,580 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 1,580 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 31.6% on the previous year and down 58.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 21,043 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,580 ha, in 2024.
That places Barbados 81st out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,829 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,829 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,707 ha | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 20,577 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 20,670 ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 20,640 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 21,043 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 20,640 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 20,234 ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 20,144 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 19,722 ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 17,768 ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 18,743 ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 16,769 ha | -10.5% |
| 1975 | 16,106 ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 15,890 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 15,765 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 15,854 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 15,880 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 16,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 15,800 ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 15,782 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 14,062 ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 14,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 13,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 13,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,800 ha | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 11,500 ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 11,123 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 10,480 ha | -5.8% |
| 1991 | 10,339 ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 9,200 ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 7,900 ha | -14.1% |
| 1994 | 10,233 ha | +29.5% |
| 1995 | 8,127 ha | -20.6% |
| 1996 | 8,909 ha | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 8,949 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 8,400 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 8,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 8,700 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 8,300 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 7,952 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 7,400 ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 6,993 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 7,100 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 6,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 6,300 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 6,900 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 6,800 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 5,500 ha | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 5,480 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 4,940 ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 4,240 ha | -14.2% |
| 2014 | 3,822 ha | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 3,116 ha | -18.5% |
| 2016 | 1,733 ha | -44.4% |
| 2017 | 2,756 ha | +59.0% |
| 2018 | 2,885 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 2,952 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 2,177 ha | -26.3% |
| 2021 | 1,799 ha | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 2,551 ha | +41.8% |
| 2023 | 2,309 ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 1,580 ha | -31.6% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 1,580 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,000 ha, 79% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 1,580 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 5% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +59.0% | 1,733 ha | 2,756 ha |
| 2022 | +41.8% | 1,799 ha | 2,551 ha |
| 2016 | -44.4% | 3,116 ha | 1,733 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,241 ha | 18,707 ha | 21,043 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,264 ha | 15,765 ha | 20,144 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,907 ha | 11,123 ha | 16,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,074 ha | 7,900 ha | 10,480 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,314 ha | 6,300 ha | 8,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,742 ha | 1,733 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,083 ha | 1,580 ha | 2,551 ha | 5 |
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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 sugar cane — area harvested in Barbados?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Barbados was 1,580 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 21,043 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,580 ha in 2024.
- How does Barbados rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 81st out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.