Yams — Yield in Barbados
Barbados: Yams — Yield was 12,397 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Yams — Yield in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Barbados is 12,397 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Barbados peaked at 18,100 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 7,583 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Barbados 20th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Yams — Yield in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,488 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,741 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 13,811 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 12,373 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 11,111 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 11,573 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 11,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 11,647 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 10,004 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 12,547 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1971 | 12,543 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,545 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12,538 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 12,543 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,542 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,545 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,075 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1979 | 10,084 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 15,714 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 1981 | 18,100 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 18,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 18,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 9,000 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1985 | 7,624 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1986 | 9,000 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1987 | 9,018 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 7,583 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1989 | 9,762 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1990 | 9,804 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 9,000 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 9,176 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 9,023 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 9,179 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 9,375 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 8,973 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 9,122 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 13,125 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2000 | 13,529 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 13,333 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 13,423 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 13,407 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 10,397 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2005 | 12,585 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2006 | 13,233 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 10,436 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2008 | 11,200 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 12,677 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 12,799 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 11,973 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 11,684 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 11,613 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 11,968 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 12,131 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 12,266 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 12,372 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 12,448 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 12,503 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 12,538 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 12,494 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 12,382 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 12,389 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 12,397 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 12,397 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,526 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 12,397 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 | +55.8% | 10,084 kg/ha | 15,714 kg/ha |
| 1984 | -50.0% | 18,000 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +43.9% | 9,122 kg/ha | 13,125 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +28.7% | 7,583 kg/ha | 9,762 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +25.4% | 10,004 kg/ha | 12,547 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,972 kg/ha | 10,004 kg/ha | 13,811 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,051 kg/ha | 10,075 kg/ha | 12,547 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,180 kg/ha | 7,583 kg/ha | 18,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,578 kg/ha | 8,973 kg/ha | 13,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,422 kg/ha | 10,397 kg/ha | 13,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,176 kg/ha | 11,613 kg/ha | 12,799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,440 kg/ha | 12,382 kg/ha | 12,538 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 17 Costa Rica 13,094 kg/ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 5,113 kg/ha compare
- 18 Burundi 12,938 kg/ha compare
- 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,426 kg/ha compare
- 21 Guadeloupe 12,000 kg/ha compare
- 22 Colombia 11,644 kg/ha compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 11,229 kg/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 — yield in Barbados?
- Yams — yield in Barbados was 12,397 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 18,100 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,583 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Barbados rank for yams — yield?
- Barbados ranks 20th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.