Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 72 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Barbados is 72 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 28.0% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 1,197 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 23 ha, in 2011.
That places Barbados 91st 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,197 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,166 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 1,069 ha | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 906 ha | -15.2% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | -14.3% |
| 1968 | 790 ha | -12.2% |
| 1969 | 530 ha | -32.9% |
| 1970 | 565 ha | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 671 ha | +18.8% |
| 1972 | 758 ha | +13.0% |
| 1973 | 414 ha | -45.4% |
| 1974 | 202 ha | -51.2% |
| 1975 | 441 ha | +118.3% |
| 1976 | 285 ha | -35.4% |
| 1977 | 495 ha | +73.7% |
| 1978 | 495 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 304 ha | -38.6% |
| 1980 | 344 ha | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 223 ha | -35.2% |
| 1982 | 285 ha | +27.8% |
| 1983 | 330 ha | +15.8% |
| 1984 | 233 ha | -29.4% |
| 1985 | 246 ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 261 ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 426 ha | +63.2% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | -29.6% |
| 1989 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 315 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 241 ha | -23.5% |
| 1992 | 288 ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 280 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 373 ha | +33.2% |
| 1995 | 649 ha | +74.0% |
| 1996 | 602 ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | -33.6% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1999 | 220 ha | -26.7% |
| 2000 | 170 ha | -22.7% |
| 2001 | 165 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 93 ha | -43.6% |
| 2003 | 166 ha | +78.5% |
| 2004 | 59 ha | -64.5% |
| 2005 | 95 ha | +61.0% |
| 2006 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 46 ha | -54.0% |
| 2009 | 41 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 56 ha | +36.6% |
| 2011 | 23 ha | -58.9% |
| 2012 | 55 ha | +139.1% |
| 2013 | 54 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 53 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 57 ha | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 116 ha | +103.5% |
| 2017 | 47 ha | -59.5% |
| 2018 | 64 ha | +36.2% |
| 2019 | 79 ha | +23.4% |
| 2020 | 58 ha | -26.6% |
| 2021 | 51 ha | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 95 ha | +86.3% |
| 2023 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 72 ha | -28.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 72 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 239 ha, 30% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 72 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 13% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 956.44 ha | 530 ha | 1,197 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 463 ha | 202 ha | 758 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 295.8 ha | 223 ha | 426 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 366.8 ha | 220 ha | 649 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103.5 ha | 41 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.4 ha | 23 ha | 116 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.2 ha | 51 ha | 100 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Barbados?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Barbados was 72 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1,197 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 ha in 2011.
- How does Barbados rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 91st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. 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.