Vegetables Primary — Yield in Barbados
Barbados: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 9,799 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Barbados is 9,799 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Barbados peaked at 11,418 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,797 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Barbados 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,335 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,433 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 6,514 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 6,877 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 7,309 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 7,043 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 7,143 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 7,195 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 7,582 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 8,282 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 8,442 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 8,329 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 8,438 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 8,604 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 8,528 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 8,525 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 9,048 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 8,749 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 7,737 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 4,797 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1981 | 5,004 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 5,006 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,046 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 6,873 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1985 | 9,179 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1986 | 8,773 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 8,336 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 7,747 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 7,442 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 7,167 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 7,180 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 7,174 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 7,358 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 6,935 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 7,710 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1996 | 7,542 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 8,015 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 9,092 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1999 | 10,284 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2000 | 10,695 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 10,757 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 10,786 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 11,418 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 10,737 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 10,211 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 10,239 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 10,116 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 9,623 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 10,024 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 10,420 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 10,234 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 9,590 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 10,064 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 9,642 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 9,895 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 9,741 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 8,850 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 8,979 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 9,230 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 8,706 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 9,736 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 10,738 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 9,923 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 9,799 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 9,799 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 9,799 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -38.0% | 7,737 kg/ha | 4,797 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,937 kg/ha | 6,335 kg/ha | 7,582 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,468 kg/ha | 7,737 kg/ha | 9,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,820 kg/ha | 4,797 kg/ha | 9,179 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,846 kg/ha | 6,935 kg/ha | 10,284 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,461 kg/ha | 9,623 kg/ha | 11,418 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,665 kg/ha | 8,850 kg/ha | 10,420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,780 kg/ha | 8,706 kg/ha | 10,738 kg/ha | 5 |
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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)
- 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 — yield in Barbados?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Barbados was 9,799 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 11,418 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,797 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Barbados rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Barbados ranks 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.