Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 1,018 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Barbados is 1,018 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 13.4% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 2,515 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 161 ha, in 1961.
That places Barbados 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 161 ha | — |
| 1962 | 178 ha | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 218 ha | +22.5% |
| 1964 | 261 ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 353 ha | +35.2% |
| 1966 | 323 ha | -8.5% |
| 1967 | 280 ha | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 328 ha | +17.1% |
| 1969 | 316 ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 433 ha | +37.0% |
| 1971 | 613 ha | +41.6% |
| 1972 | 680 ha | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 665 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 669 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 682 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 646 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 797 ha | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 977 ha | +22.6% |
| 1979 | 1,272 ha | +30.2% |
| 1980 | 2,027 ha | +59.4% |
| 1981 | 2,155 ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 2,250 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 2,515 ha | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 1,201 ha | -52.2% |
| 1985 | 728 ha | -39.4% |
| 1986 | 787 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 968 ha | +23.0% |
| 1988 | 936 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 980 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 1,001 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 1,140 ha | +13.9% |
| 1992 | 1,091 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,277 ha | +17.0% |
| 1994 | 1,173 ha | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 2,114 ha | +80.2% |
| 1996 | 2,084 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,456 ha | -30.1% |
| 1998 | 1,388 ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 1,166 ha | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 1,122 ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,103 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,106 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,267 ha | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 1,064 ha | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 1,075 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1,121 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 1,124 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 1,014 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 1,007 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 898 ha | -10.8% |
| 2011 | 947 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 976 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 972 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,017 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 1,011 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 935 ha | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 1,059 ha | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 1,225 ha | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 1,243 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,213 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 897 ha | -26.1% |
| 2022 | 1,167 ha | +30.1% |
| 2023 | 1,175 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,018 ha | -13.4% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 1,018 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 12% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 1,018 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 14% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 268.67 ha | 161 ha | 353 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 743.4 ha | 433 ha | 1,272 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,455 ha | 728 ha | 2,515 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,389 ha | 1,001 ha | 2,114 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,100 ha | 1,007 ha | 1,267 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,028 ha | 898 ha | 1,243 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,094 ha | 897 ha | 1,213 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 166 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,577 ha compare
- 167 Dominica 1,212 ha compare
- 168 Samoa 1,145 ha compare
- 169 French Guiana 1,018 ha compare
- 171 Singapore 1,004 ha compare
- 172 Mauritania 895 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Barbados?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Barbados was 1,018 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 2,515 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 161 ha in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.