Taro — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Taro — Area harvested was 25 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Barbados is 25 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 230 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 6 ha, in 2011.
That places Barbados 48th out of 52 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.
Taro — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 220 ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 175 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 165 ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 165 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 80 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 55 ha | -31.2% |
| 1992 | 51 ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 90 ha | +76.5% |
| 1994 | 30 ha | -66.7% |
| 1995 | 45 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 46 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 48 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 46 ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 40 ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 51 ha | -15.0% |
| 2006 | 46 ha | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 44 ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 12 ha | -72.7% |
| 2009 | 7 ha | -41.7% |
| 2010 | 64 ha | +814.3% |
| 2011 | 6 ha | -90.6% |
| 2012 | 28 ha | +366.7% |
| 2013 | 28 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26 ha | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 24 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 26 ha | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 25 ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 25 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 126 ha, 20% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 25 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 195 ha, 13% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +814.3% | 7 ha | 64 ha |
| 2012 | +366.7% | 6 ha | 28 ha |
| 2011 | -90.6% | 64 ha | 6 ha |
| 1993 | +76.5% | 51 ha | 90 ha |
| 2008 | -72.7% | 44 ha | 12 ha |
| 1994 | -66.7% | 90 ha | 30 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200 ha | 150 ha | 230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 169.5 ha | 160 ha | 175 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 157.5 ha | 100 ha | 175 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.1 ha | 30 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.5 ha | 7 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.7 ha | 6 ha | 64 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25 ha | 25 ha | 25 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 45 Saint Lucia 44 ha compare
- 46 Bhutan 38 ha compare
- 47 Grenada 29 ha compare
- 49 Antigua and Barbuda 9 ha compare
- 50 Maldives 2 ha compare
- 51 Palestine 0 ha compare
- 51 Republic of Korea 0 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 taro — area harvested in Barbados?
- Taro — area harvested in Barbados was 25 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 230 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 ha in 2011.
- How does Barbados rank for taro — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 48th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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 Taro — 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.