Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in Barbados
Barbados: Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre was 15.11 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in Barbados, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Barbados is 15.11 1000 USD per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 20.5% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Barbados peaked at 22.43 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.4674 1000 USD per square kilometre, in 1961.
Barbados ranks 10th of 180 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in Barbados, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4674 1000 USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.5814 1000 USD per square kilometre | +24.4% |
| 1963 | 0.6512 1000 USD per square kilometre | +12.0% |
| 1964 | 0.6837 1000 USD per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 0.7256 1000 USD per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 0.8953 1000 USD per square kilometre | +23.4% |
| 1967 | 0.9581 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 0.9302 1000 USD per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 1.42 1000 USD per square kilometre | +52.3% |
| 1970 | 1.63 1000 USD per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 1971 | 1.68 1000 USD per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 2.31 1000 USD per square kilometre | +38.0% |
| 1973 | 2.34 1000 USD per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 3.22 1000 USD per square kilometre | +37.5% |
| 1975 | 4.19 1000 USD per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 1976 | 4.21 1000 USD per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 5.21 1000 USD per square kilometre | +23.7% |
| 1978 | 6.31 1000 USD per square kilometre | +21.2% |
| 1979 | 8.18 1000 USD per square kilometre | +29.6% |
| 1980 | 9.33 1000 USD per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 11.06 1000 USD per square kilometre | +18.5% |
| 1982 | 9.77 1000 USD per square kilometre | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 11.37 1000 USD per square kilometre | +16.3% |
| 1984 | 9.02 1000 USD per square kilometre | -20.7% |
| 1985 | 11.11 1000 USD per square kilometre | +23.2% |
| 1986 | 10.37 1000 USD per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 21.25 1000 USD per square kilometre | +104.8% |
| 1988 | 21.73 1000 USD per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 9.35 1000 USD per square kilometre | -56.9% |
| 1990 | 11.16 1000 USD per square kilometre | +19.3% |
| 1991 | 10.01 1000 USD per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 8.43 1000 USD per square kilometre | -15.7% |
| 1993 | 9.71 1000 USD per square kilometre | +15.2% |
| 1994 | 11.44 1000 USD per square kilometre | +17.8% |
| 1995 | 12.66 1000 USD per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 11.41 1000 USD per square kilometre | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 13.19 1000 USD per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 1998 | 13.16 1000 USD per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 14.3 1000 USD per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 12.9 1000 USD per square kilometre | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 13.26 1000 USD per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 13.74 1000 USD per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 13.48 1000 USD per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 13.05 1000 USD per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 14.32 1000 USD per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 12.71 1000 USD per square kilometre | -11.2% |
| 2007 | 14.13 1000 USD per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 22.43 1000 USD per square kilometre | +58.8% |
| 2009 | 16.1 1000 USD per square kilometre | -28.2% |
| 2010 | 15.75 1000 USD per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 15.54 1000 USD per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 15.38 1000 USD per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 15.5 1000 USD per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 16.31 1000 USD per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 13.77 1000 USD per square kilometre | -15.6% |
| 2016 | 14.21 1000 USD per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 14.53 1000 USD per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 13.74 1000 USD per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 15.38 1000 USD per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 20.94 1000 USD per square kilometre | +36.2% |
| 2021 | 17.68 1000 USD per square kilometre | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 19.01 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 15.11 1000 USD per square kilometre | -20.5% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 15.11 1000 USD per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.39 1000 USD per square kilometre, 6.3× the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 15.11 1000 USD per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.3 1000 USD per square kilometre, 11.6× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +104.8% | 10.37 1000 USD per square kilometre | 21.25 1000 USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8121 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.4674 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.42 1000 USD per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.93 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.63 1000 USD per square kilometre | 8.18 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.44 1000 USD per square kilometre | 9.02 1000 USD per square kilometre | 21.73 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.55 1000 USD per square kilometre | 8.43 1000 USD per square kilometre | 14.3 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.61 1000 USD per square kilometre | 12.71 1000 USD per square kilometre | 22.43 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.01 1000 USD per square kilometre | 13.74 1000 USD per square kilometre | 16.31 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.19 1000 USD per square kilometre | 15.11 1000 USD per square kilometre | 20.94 1000 USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 7 Malta 17.74 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 8 Luxembourg 17.64 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 9 Belgium 15.92 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 11 Maldives 12.7 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 12 Antigua and Barbuda 7.74 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 13 Denmark 7.49 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Barbados
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 111.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2023)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.4329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Barbados?
- Pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Barbados was 15.11 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 22.43 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2008.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4674 1000 USD per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre?
- Barbados ranks 10th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Pesticides (total) — Import value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Pesticides (total) — Import value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Pesticides (total) — Import value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Pesticides (total) — Import value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.