Vegetables Primary — Production in Barbados
Barbados: Vegetables Primary — Production was 9,972 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Production in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — production in Barbados stood at 9,972 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.5% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Barbados peaked at 16,299 t in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1,020 t, in 1961.
Barbados ranks 170th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Barbados, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,020 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,145 t | +12.3% |
| 1963 | 1,420 t | +24.0% |
| 1964 | 1,795 t | +26.4% |
| 1965 | 2,580 t | +43.7% |
| 1966 | 2,275 t | -11.8% |
| 1967 | 2,000 t | -12.1% |
| 1968 | 2,360 t | +18.0% |
| 1969 | 2,396 t | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 3,586 t | +49.7% |
| 1971 | 5,175 t | +44.3% |
| 1972 | 5,664 t | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 5,611 t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 5,756 t | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 5,816 t | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 5,507 t | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 7,211 t | +30.9% |
| 1978 | 8,548 t | +18.5% |
| 1979 | 9,842 t | +15.1% |
| 1980 | 9,724 t | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 10,784 t | +10.9% |
| 1982 | 11,263 t | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 12,692 t | +12.7% |
| 1984 | 8,255 t | -35.0% |
| 1985 | 6,682 t | -19.1% |
| 1986 | 6,904 t | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 8,069 t | +16.9% |
| 1988 | 7,251 t | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 7,293 t | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 7,174 t | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 8,185 t | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 7,827 t | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 9,396 t | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 8,135 t | -13.4% |
| 1995 | 16,299 t | +100.4% |
| 1996 | 15,717 t | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 11,670 t | -25.7% |
| 1998 | 12,620 t | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 11,992 t | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 12,000 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 11,870 t | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 11,929 t | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 14,467 t | +21.3% |
| 2004 | 11,419 t | -21.1% |
| 2005 | 10,977 t | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 11,478 t | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 11,370 t | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 9,755 t | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 10,092 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 9,354 t | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 9,688 t | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 9,357 t | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 9,784 t | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 9,806 t | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 10,003 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 9,105 t | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 9,374 t | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 10,996 t | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 11,470 t | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 10,558 t | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 8,737 t | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 12,527 t | +43.4% |
| 2023 | 11,656 t | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 9,972 t | -14.5% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 9,972 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 236,616 t, 4% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 9,972 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 164,572 t, 6% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +100.4% | 8,135 t | 16,299 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,888 t | 1,020 t | 2,580 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,272 t | 3,586 t | 9,842 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,892 t | 6,682 t | 12,692 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,902 t | 7,174 t | 16,299 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,536 t | 9,755 t | 14,467 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,894 t | 9,105 t | 11,470 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,690 t | 8,737 t | 12,527 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 167 Belize 13,003 t compare
- 168 Suriname 11,667 t compare
- 169 Trinidad and Tobago 10,358 t compare
- 171 Luxembourg 9,830 t compare
- 172 Dominica 9,311 t compare
- 173 New Caledonia 8,192 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0283 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0354 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Barbados?
- Vegetables primary — production in Barbados was 9,972 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 16,299 t in 1995.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,020 t in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Barbados ranks 170th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 — Production. 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.