Yams — Area harvested in Barbados
Barbados: Yams — Area harvested was 27 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 27 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% on the previous year and down 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Barbados peaked at 1,229 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 15 ha, in 2017.
Barbados ranks 53rd of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Barbados, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,009 ha | — |
| 1962 | 956 ha | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 1,007 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 1,127 ha | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | -20.1% |
| 1966 | 750 ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 1,202 ha | +20.2% |
| 1969 | 1,100 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 1,229 ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 1,144 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 960 ha | -16.1% |
| 1973 | 619 ha | -35.5% |
| 1974 | 407 ha | -34.2% |
| 1975 | 527 ha | +29.5% |
| 1976 | 461 ha | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 470 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 680 ha | +44.7% |
| 1979 | 586 ha | -13.8% |
| 1980 | 490 ha | -16.4% |
| 1981 | 221 ha | -54.9% |
| 1982 | 250 ha | +13.1% |
| 1983 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 355 ha | +42.0% |
| 1985 | 327 ha | -7.9% |
| 1986 | 221 ha | -32.4% |
| 1987 | 273 ha | +23.5% |
| 1988 | 180 ha | -34.1% |
| 1989 | 260 ha | +44.4% |
| 1990 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 221 ha | -18.1% |
| 1992 | 174 ha | -21.3% |
| 1993 | 210 ha | +20.7% |
| 1994 | 130 ha | -38.1% |
| 1995 | 280 ha | +115.4% |
| 1996 | 160 ha | -42.9% |
| 1997 | 147 ha | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 148 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 80 ha | -45.9% |
| 2000 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 90 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 26 ha | -71.1% |
| 2003 | 91 ha | +250.0% |
| 2004 | 58 ha | -36.3% |
| 2005 | 65 ha | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 60 ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 62 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 25 ha | -59.7% |
| 2009 | 65 ha | +160.0% |
| 2010 | 63 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 20 ha | -68.3% |
| 2012 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 64 ha | +113.3% |
| 2014 | 47 ha | -26.6% |
| 2015 | 48 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 31 ha | -35.4% |
| 2017 | 15 ha | -51.6% |
| 2018 | 28 ha | +86.7% |
| 2019 | 16 ha | -42.9% |
| 2020 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25 ha | +56.2% |
| 2022 | 80 ha | +220.0% |
| 2023 | 36 ha | -55.0% |
| 2024 | 27 ha | -25.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 27 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 90 ha, 30% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 27 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 11% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +250.0% | 26 ha | 91 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,006 ha | 750 ha | 1,202 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 708.3 ha | 407 ha | 1,229 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 282.7 ha | 180 ha | 490 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 182 ha | 80 ha | 280 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.7 ha | 25 ha | 91 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.2 ha | 15 ha | 64 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.8 ha | 16 ha | 80 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 54 ha compare
- 51 Antigua and Barbuda 44 ha compare
- 52 Guyana 40 ha compare
- 53 Samoa 27 ha compare
- 55 Saint Lucia 20 ha compare
- 56 Grenada 18 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 yams — area harvested in Barbados?
- Yams — area harvested in Barbados was 27 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1,229 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 ha in 2017.
- How does Barbados rank for yams — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 53rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.6%. 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 Yams — 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.