Sugar cane — Production in Barbados
Barbados: Sugar cane — Production was 64,871 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Production in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — production in Barbados is 64,871 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 31.0% on the previous year and down 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Barbados peaked at 1.86 million t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 64,871 t, in 2024.
That places Barbados 86th out of 113 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.55 million t | 1.28 million t | 1.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.05 million t | 845,400 t | 1.46 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 814,280 t | 560,000 t | 1.21 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 505,927 t | 357,200 t | 606,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 392,124 t | 310,700 t | 546,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 169,759 t | 83,369 t | 285,410 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,669 t | 64,871 t | 95,955 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 83 Suriname 91,128 t compare
- 84 Sierra Leone 83,182 t compare
- 85 Benin 80,553 t compare
- 87 Bahamas 63,848 t compare
- 88 Afghanistan 53,326 t compare
- 89 Puerto Rico 40,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture share gdp 1.55 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.55 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population 40.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 113,898 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 118.12 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 981.37 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — production in Barbados?
- Sugar cane — production in Barbados was 64,871 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1.86 million t in 1967.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,871 t in 2024.
- How does Barbados rank for sugar cane — production?
- Barbados ranks 86th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.4%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.