Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Barbados
Barbados: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value was 547 1000 USD in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Barbados, 1966–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
In 2008, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Barbados stood at 547 1000 USD.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 411.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Barbados peaked at 1,019 1000 USD in 2000 and was at its lowest, 45 1000 USD, in 2004.
Barbados ranks 135th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Barbados, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 95 1000 USD | — |
| 1967 | 75 1000 USD | -21.1% |
| 1968 | 71 1000 USD | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 73 1000 USD | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 120 1000 USD | +64.4% |
| 1971 | 183 1000 USD | +52.5% |
| 1972 | 73 1000 USD | -60.1% |
| 1973 | 89 1000 USD | +21.9% |
| 1974 | 59 1000 USD | -33.7% |
| 1975 | 166 1000 USD | +181.4% |
| 1976 | 162 1000 USD | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 133 1000 USD | -17.9% |
| 1978 | 134 1000 USD | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 227 1000 USD | +69.4% |
| 1980 | 591 1000 USD | +160.4% |
| 1981 | 167 1000 USD | -71.7% |
| 1982 | 390 1000 USD | +133.5% |
| 1983 | 181 1000 USD | -53.6% |
| 1984 | 152 1000 USD | -16.0% |
| 1985 | 229 1000 USD | +50.7% |
| 1986 | 200 1000 USD | -12.7% |
| 1987 | 668 1000 USD | +234.0% |
| 1988 | 634 1000 USD | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 599 1000 USD | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 268 1000 USD | -55.3% |
| 1991 | 218 1000 USD | -18.7% |
| 1992 | 83 1000 USD | -61.9% |
| 1993 | 153 1000 USD | +84.3% |
| 1994 | 299 1000 USD | +95.4% |
| 1995 | 206 1000 USD | -31.1% |
| 1996 | 313 1000 USD | +51.9% |
| 1997 | 206 1000 USD | -34.2% |
| 1998 | 107 1000 USD | -48.1% |
| 1999 | 436 1000 USD | +307.5% |
| 2000 | 1,019 1000 USD | +133.7% |
| 2001 | 276 1000 USD | -72.9% |
| 2002 | 320 1000 USD | +15.9% |
| 2003 | 194 1000 USD | -39.4% |
| 2004 | 45 1000 USD | -76.8% |
| 2005 | 319 1000 USD | +608.9% |
| 2006 | 193 1000 USD | -39.5% |
| 2007 | 540 1000 USD | +179.8% |
| 2008 | 547 1000 USD | +1.3% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 547 1000 USD is below the median for high income countries, which is 29,847 1000 USD, 2% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 547 1000 USD is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,880 1000 USD, 29% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +608.9% | 45 1000 USD | 319 1000 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.5 1000 USD | 71 1000 USD | 95 1000 USD | 4 |
| 1970s | 134.6 1000 USD | 59 1000 USD | 227 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 381.1 1000 USD | 152 1000 USD | 668 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 228.9 1000 USD | 83 1000 USD | 436 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 383.67 1000 USD | 45 1000 USD | 1,019 1000 USD | 9 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 132 Gabon 665 1000 USD compare
- 133 Congo 588 1000 USD compare
- 134 Kyrgyzstan 580 1000 USD compare
- 136 Netherlands Antilles (former) 517 1000 USD compare
- 137 Faroe Islands 513 1000 USD compare
- 138 Suriname 494 1000 USD 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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3571 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Barbados?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Barbados was 547 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 1,019 1000 USD in 2000.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 1000 USD in 2004.
- How does Barbados rank for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
- Barbados ranks 135th out of 192 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — import value rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 411.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.