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Arable land — Barbados

Arable land in Barbados in 2023 — 7,000 ha. Ranked 173 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 56.3%.

2023 7,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 173of 206
Period maximum 16,000 ha1961
Period minimum 7,000 ha2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Barbados, 1961–20235,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 16,000 ha1963: 16,000 ha1965: 16,000 ha1967: 16,000 ha1969: 16,000 ha1971: 16,000 ha1973: 16,000 ha1975: 16,000 ha1977: 16,000 ha1979: 16,000 ha1981: 16,000 ha1983: 16,000 ha1985: 16,000 ha1987: 16,000 ha1989: 16,000 ha1991: 16,000 ha1993: 16,000 ha1995: 16,000 ha1997: 16,000 ha1999: 15,000 ha2001: 15,000 ha2003: 14,000 ha2005: 13,000 ha2007: 13,000 ha2009: 13,000 ha2011: 11,000 ha2013: 9,500 ha2015: 8,000 ha2017: 7,000 ha2019: 7,000 ha2021: 7,000 ha2023: 7,000 ha
Change over the period: −9,000 (−56.25%) Average annual rate: -1.32 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 7,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Latin America & Caribbean computed 151M ha
Caribbean computed 5.13M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 7,000 +0 +0%
2022 7,000 +0 +0%
2021 7,000 +0 +0%
2020 7,000 +0 +0%
2019 7,000 +0 +0%
2018 7,000 +0 +0%
2017 7,000 +0 +0%
2016 7,000 −1,000 −12.5%
2015 8,000 −1,000 −11.11%
2014 9,000 −500 −5.26%
2013 9,500 −500 −5%
2012 10,000 −1,000 −9.09%
2011 11,000 −1,000 −8.33%
2010 12,000 −1,000 −7.69%
2009 13,000 +0 +0%
2008 13,000 +0 +0%
2007 13,000 +0 +0%
2006 13,000 +0 +0%
2005 13,000 +0 +0%
2004 13,000 −1,000 −7.14%
2003 14,000 +0 +0%
2002 14,000 −1,000 −6.67%
2001 15,000 +0 +0%
2000 15,000 +0 +0%
1999 15,000 −1,000 −6.25%
1998 16,000 +0 +0%
1997 16,000 +0 +0%
1996 16,000 +0 +0%
1995 16,000 +0 +0%
1994 16,000 +0 +0%
1993 16,000 +0 +0%
1992 16,000 +0 +0%
1991 16,000 +0 +0%
1990 16,000 +0 +0%
1989 16,000 +0 +0%
1988 16,000 +0 +0%
1987 16,000 +0 +0%
1986 16,000 +0 +0%
1985 16,000 +0 +0%
1984 16,000 +0 +0%
1983 16,000 +0 +0%
1982 16,000 +0 +0%
1981 16,000 +0 +0%
1980 16,000 +0 +0%
1979 16,000 +0 +0%
1978 16,000 +0 +0%
1977 16,000 +0 +0%
1976 16,000 +0 +0%
1975 16,000 +0 +0%
1974 16,000 +0 +0%
1973 16,000 +0 +0%
1972 16,000 +0 +0%
1971 16,000 +0 +0%
1970 16,000 +0 +0%
1969 16,000 +0 +0%
1968 16,000 +0 +0%
1967 16,000 +0 +0%
1966 16,000 +0 +0%
1965 16,000 +0 +0%
1964 16,000 +0 +0%
1963 16,000 +0 +0%
1962 16,000 +0 +0%
1961 16,000 — —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CU Cuba 2.91M HT Haiti 1.01M DO Dominican Republic 975,760 JM Jamaica 120,000 PR Puerto Rico 50,200 TT Trinidad and Tobago 25,000 BS Bahamas 8,000 BB Barbados 7,000 DM Dominica 6,000 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,000 AG Antigua and Barbuda 4,000 GD Grenada 3,000 LC Saint Lucia 2,670 AW Aruba 2,000 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,000 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1,000 VG British Virgin Islands 1,000 VI United States Virgin Islands 900 KY Cayman Islands 200
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About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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