Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Barbados
Barbados: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 2.17 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Barbados, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Barbados stood at 2.17.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Barbados peaked at 2.7 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.781, in 1967.
That places Barbados 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9256 | 0.781 | 1.08 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.31 | 0.9524 | 1.56 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.64 | 1.12 | 2.18 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.22 | 1.97 | 2.52 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.25 | 1.95 | 2.62 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4 | 1.96 | 2.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.27 | 2.08 | 2.49 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 5 Cook Islands 2.82 compare
- 6 Tonga 2.61 compare
- 7 Saint Lucia 2.35 compare
- 9 Maldives 1.91 compare
- 10 Trinidad and Tobago 1.74 compare
- 11 French Polynesia 1.6 compare
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- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Democracy 7 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 1 (2025)
- Free country 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Barbados?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Barbados was 2.17 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7 in 2010.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.781 in 1967.
- How does Barbados rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Barbados ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).