Cropland — Area per capita in Barbados
Barbados: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.03 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 0.03 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Barbados peaked at 0.07 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.03 ha/cap, in 2015.
Barbados ranks 199th of 232 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.07 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.07 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.07 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.064 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 0.07 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.054 ha/cap | 0.05 ha/cap | 0.06 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.036 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.05 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 199 Bahamas 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 China, Taiwan Province of 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Japan 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Montenegro 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Naoero 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 New Caledonia 0.03 ha/cap compare
- 199 Republic of Korea 0.03 ha/cap compare
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 — Share in Agricultural land 70 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 18.56 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Barbados?
- Cropland — area per capita in Barbados was 0.03 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 0.07 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 ha/cap in 2015.
- How does Barbados rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Barbados ranks 199th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. 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 Cropland — Area per capita. 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.