Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Barbados
Barbados: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 2,407 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Barbados, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Barbados stood at 2,407 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 95.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Barbados peaked at 2,407 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 776.36 million Kcal, in 2011.
Barbados ranks 74th of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Barbados, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,202 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 776.36 million Kcal | -35.4% |
| 2012 | 1,234 million Kcal | +58.9% |
| 2013 | 1,229 million Kcal | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,034 million Kcal | -15.9% |
| 2015 | 1,138 million Kcal | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 1,511 million Kcal | +32.7% |
| 2017 | 988.92 million Kcal | -34.5% |
| 2018 | 1,372 million Kcal | +38.8% |
| 2019 | 1,742 million Kcal | +26.9% |
| 2020 | 1,551 million Kcal | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 1,372 million Kcal | -11.5% |
| 2022 | 2,211 million Kcal | +61.2% |
| 2023 | 2,407 million Kcal | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,223 million Kcal | 776.36 million Kcal | 1,742 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,885 million Kcal | 1,372 million Kcal | 2,407 million Kcal | 4 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Barbados?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Barbados was 2,407 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 2,407 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 776.36 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Barbados rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Barbados ranks 74th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.8%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.