Sweet potatoes — Yield in Barbados
Barbados: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 27,604 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 27,604 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Barbados peaked at 32,424 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6,500 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Barbados 10th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,584 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,292 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1963 | 7,484 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1964 | 6,622 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 6,500 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 6,781 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 7,778 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 7,595 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 9,336 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1970 | 10,078 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 10,078 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,086 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 10,092 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 10,104 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 10,077 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 10,084 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 10,079 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 10,079 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,299 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1980 | 13,462 kg/ha | +84.4% |
| 1981 | 13,453 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 12,982 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 13,030 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 8,399 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1985 | 8,398 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,398 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,399 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,260 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 8,184 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 8,400 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,017 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 8,399 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 8,039 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 8,499 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 7,962 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 8,472 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 12,000 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1998 | 14,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 15,909 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 15,882 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 15,758 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 15,785 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 15,723 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 32,424 kg/ha | +106.2% |
| 2005 | 21,937 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 2006 | 22,010 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 13,350 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 2008 | 19,049 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 2009 | 21,754 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 21,147 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 21,593 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 22,040 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 22,486 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 23,278 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 23,320 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 24,073 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 24,755 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 25,759 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 26,542 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 26,818 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 27,424 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 26,846 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 27,225 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 27,604 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 27,604 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,301 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 27,604 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,065 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +106.2% | 15,723 kg/ha | 32,424 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +84.4% | 7,299 kg/ha | 13,462 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +42.7% | 13,350 kg/ha | 19,049 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +41.6% | 8,472 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha |
| 2007 | -39.3% | 22,010 kg/ha | 13,350 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +35.7% | 7,584 kg/ha | 10,292 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,775 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10,292 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,806 kg/ha | 7,299 kg/ha | 10,104 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,297 kg/ha | 8,184 kg/ha | 13,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,970 kg/ha | 7,962 kg/ha | 15,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,367 kg/ha | 13,350 kg/ha | 32,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,499 kg/ha | 21,147 kg/ha | 26,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,183 kg/ha | 26,818 kg/ha | 27,604 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 7 Botswana 29,658 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 10,197 kg/ha compare
- 8 Spain 29,045 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 28,431 kg/ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 6,437 kg/ha compare
- 10 Cabo Verde 13,957 kg/ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 5,636 kg/ha compare
- 11 Cook Islands 27,481 kg/ha compare
- 12 Malawi 25,355 kg/ha compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,461 kg/ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 5,461 kg/ha compare
- 13 Portugal 24,323 kg/ha 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 sweet potatoes — yield in Barbados?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Barbados was 27,604 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 32,424 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,500 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Barbados rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Barbados ranks 10th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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