Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Barbados
Barbados: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply was 40,419 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Barbados, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Barbados stood at 40,419 million Kcal. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Barbados peaked at 63,961 million Kcal in 2012 and was at its lowest, 40,419 million Kcal, in 2023.
Barbados ranks 165th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Barbados, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 56,879 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 56,847 million Kcal | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 63,961 million Kcal | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 57,125 million Kcal | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 57,202 million Kcal | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 57,260 million Kcal | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 56,611 million Kcal | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 56,552 million Kcal | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 57,984 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 58,428 million Kcal | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 51,507 million Kcal | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 50,732 million Kcal | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 49,792 million Kcal | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 40,419 million Kcal | -18.8% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 40,419 million Kcal is below the median for high income countries, which is 598,288 million Kcal, 7% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 40,419 million Kcal is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 583,389 million Kcal, 7% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 57,885 million Kcal | 56,552 million Kcal | 63,961 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,112 million Kcal | 40,419 million Kcal | 51,507 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 163 Belize 50,652 million Kcal compare
- 164 Maldives 46,063 million Kcal compare
- 166 Montenegro 39,938 million Kcal compare
- 167 China, Macao SAR 35,572 million Kcal compare
- 168 Iceland 35,280 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 sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Barbados?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Barbados was 40,419 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 63,961 million Kcal in 2012.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,419 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does Barbados rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply?
- Barbados ranks 165th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — 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.