Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Barbados
Barbados: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 70 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land — share in agricultural land in Barbados is 70 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Barbados peaked at 84.21 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 70 %, in 2016.
Barbados ranks 42nd of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.21 % | 84.21 % | 84.21 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 84.21 % | 84.21 % | 84.21 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 84.21 % | 84.21 % | 84.21 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 84.12 % | 83.33 % | 84.21 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.89 % | 81.25 % | 83.33 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.92 % | 70 % | 80 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 70 % | 70 % | 70 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More environment data for Barbados
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 67.5 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 5.4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.64 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 20 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 10 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.03 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 18.56 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Barbados?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Barbados was 70 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 84.21 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 % in 2016.
- How does Barbados rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Barbados ranks 42nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.