Barbados - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Barbados was 7,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,000 in 1998 and a minimum value of 7,000 in 2016.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 16,000
1962 16,000
1963 16,000
1964 16,000
1965 16,000
1966 16,000
1967 16,000
1968 16,000
1969 16,000
1970 16,000
1971 16,000
1972 16,000
1973 16,000
1974 16,000
1975 16,000
1976 16,000
1977 16,000
1978 16,000
1979 16,000
1980 16,000
1981 16,000
1982 16,000
1983 16,000
1984 16,000
1985 16,000
1986 16,000
1987 16,000
1988 16,000
1989 16,000
1990 16,000
1991 16,000
1992 16,000
1993 16,000
1994 16,000
1995 16,000
1996 16,000
1997 16,000
1998 16,000
1999 15,000
2000 15,000
2001 15,000
2002 14,000
2003 14,000
2004 13,000
2005 13,000
2006 13,000
2007 13,000
2008 13,000
2009 13,000
2010 12,000
2011 11,000
2012 10,000
2013 9,500
2014 9,000
2015 8,000
2016 7,000
2017 7,000
2018 7,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Barbados was 0.024 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.069 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.024 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.069
1962 0.069
1963 0.068
1964 0.068
1965 0.068
1966 0.068
1967 0.068
1968 0.067
1969 0.067
1970 0.067
1971 0.067
1972 0.066
1973 0.066
1974 0.065
1975 0.065
1976 0.065
1977 0.064
1978 0.064
1979 0.064
1980 0.063
1981 0.063
1982 0.063
1983 0.063
1984 0.063
1985 0.062
1986 0.062
1987 0.062
1988 0.062
1989 0.062
1990 0.061
1991 0.061
1992 0.061
1993 0.061
1994 0.060
1995 0.060
1996 0.060
1997 0.060
1998 0.059
1999 0.055
2000 0.055
2001 0.055
2002 0.051
2003 0.051
2004 0.047
2005 0.047
2006 0.047
2007 0.047
2008 0.046
2009 0.046
2010 0.043
2011 0.039
2012 0.035
2013 0.033
2014 0.032
2015 0.028
2016 0.024
2017 0.024
2018 0.024

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Barbados was 16.28 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 37.21 in 1998, while its lowest value was 16.28 in 2016.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 37.21
1962 37.21
1963 37.21
1964 37.21
1965 37.21
1966 37.21
1967 37.21
1968 37.21
1969 37.21
1970 37.21
1971 37.21
1972 37.21
1973 37.21
1974 37.21
1975 37.21
1976 37.21
1977 37.21
1978 37.21
1979 37.21
1980 37.21
1981 37.21
1982 37.21
1983 37.21
1984 37.21
1985 37.21
1986 37.21
1987 37.21
1988 37.21
1989 37.21
1990 37.21
1991 37.21
1992 37.21
1993 37.21
1994 37.21
1995 37.21
1996 37.21
1997 37.21
1998 37.21
1999 34.88
2000 34.88
2001 34.88
2002 32.56
2003 32.56
2004 30.23
2005 30.23
2006 30.23
2007 30.23
2008 30.23
2009 30.23
2010 27.91
2011 25.58
2012 23.26
2013 22.09
2014 20.93
2015 18.60
2016 16.28
2017 16.28
2018 16.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use