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Topic 13 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Antigua and Barbuda: Food & Agriculture
What does a country grow, and what does it take to grow it?
Antigua and Barbuda is placed 104th of 184 countries on food & agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) 2.67 (2024); Cereal Yield 1,941 (2023).
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Food & Agriculture
104th
of 184 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 2.67Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2024Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
- 1,941Cereal Yield, 2023Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
- —Dietary Energy Supply, 2024No reading for this country
- 0.72Agriculture Orientation Index, 2024Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Antigua and Barbuda on food & agriculture — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
2.67
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
Higher is better
Antigua and Barbuda: 2.67. Across the 186 countries in this edition, values run from 1.67 (Tuvalu) to 4.57 (Italy); the world median is 3.14.
- World median
- 3.14
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.4 Dominica
Key 2 of 4
Cereal Yield
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0
1,941
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Higher is better
Antigua and Barbuda: 1,941. Across the 179 countries in this edition, values run from 23 (Cabo Verde) to 29,147 (Oman); the world median is 3,072.
- World median
- 3,072
- Best in Caribbean
- 14,067 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Key 3 of 4
Dietary Energy Supply
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
Higher is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Antigua and Barbuda, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 155 countries in this edition, values run from 1,757 (Somalia) to 3,962 (United States); the world median is 2,982.
- World median
- 2,982
- Best in Caribbean
- 3,367 Dominican Republic
Key 4 of 4
Agriculture Orientation Index
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
0.72
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
Higher is better
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.72. Across the 132 countries in this edition, values run from 0.03 (Ghana) to 5.38 (Singapore); the world median is 0.305.
- World median
- 0.305
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.16 Saint Kitts and Nevis
02Over time
Which way Antigua and Barbuda is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators · higher is better
Antigua and BarbudaWorld median
Antigua and Barbuda fell from 2.83 in 2015 to 2.67 in 2024; the world median went from 3.14 to 3.14.
Every year’s figures
Year Antigua and Barbuda World median 2024 2.7 3.1 2023 2.7 3.1 2022 2.8 3.2 2021 2.7 3.1 2020 2.8 3.1 2019 2.7 3.1 2018 2.8 3.2 2017 2.8 3.1 2016 2.8 3.1 2015 2.8 3.1 Cereal Yield
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) · higher is better
Antigua and BarbudaWorld median
Antigua and Barbuda rose from 1,600 in 2000 to 1,941 in 2023; the world median went from 2,170 to 3,072.
Every year’s figures
Year Antigua and Barbuda World median 2023 1,941 3,072 2022 1,952 3,217 2021 2,001 3,003 2020 1,881 3,260 2019 1,989 3,106 2018 2,234 2,883 2017 2,031 2,984 2016 1,843 3,043 2015 1,580 3,000 2014 1,583 3,001 2013 1,593 2,970 2012 1,595 2,782 2011 1,597 2,754 2010 1,586 2,647 2009 1,590 2,653 2008 1,619 2,664 2007 1,601 2,553 2006 1,625 2,514 2005 1,597 2,512 2004 1,579 2,428 2003 1,571 2,331 2002 1,563 2,378 2001 1,615 2,199 2000 1,600 2,170 Agriculture Orientation Index
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) · higher is better
Antigua and BarbudaWorld median
Antigua and Barbuda rose from 0.67 in 2014 to 0.72 in 2024; the world median went from 0.3 to 0.305.
Every year’s figures
Year Antigua and Barbuda World median 2024 0.72 0.305 2023 0.59 0.305 2022 0.63 0.290 2021 0.49 0.260 2020 1.19 0.255 2019 0.75 0.265 2018 0.92 0.270 2017 0.98 0.260 2016 1.08 0.285 2015 0.49 0.305 2014 0.67 0.300 2013 — 0.285 2012 — 0.330 2011 — 0.290 2010 — 0.320 2009 — 0.370 2008 — 0.390 2007 — 0.410 2006 — 0.355 2005 — 0.325 2004 — 0.320 2003 — 0.320 2002 — 0.340 2001 — 0.360
03In context
Antigua and Barbuda beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 184 countries on food & agriculture, never a place within the region.
Antigua and Barbuda and Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 184; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators | Cereal YieldCereal yield (kg per hectare) | Dietary Energy SupplyDietary energy supply (kcal per person per day) | Agriculture Orientation IndexAgriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bahamas | 13th | 3.43 | 7,598 | — | 1.99 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18th | 4 | 14,067 | 3,069 | 0.8 |
 Saint Lucia | =23rd | 3.43 | — | — | 1.88 |
 Dominican Republic | 48th | 3.71 | 4,376 | 3,367 | 0.28 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56th | 2.8 | — | — | 2.16 |
 Barbados | 58th | 3.14 | 2,797 | 3,114 | 1.31 |
 Dominica | 64th | 4.4 | 1,682 | 3,149 | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | =77th | 3.33 | 1,600 | 2,999 | 1.28 |
 Grenada | 93rd | 4.33 | 998.8 | — | 0.28 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 104th | 2.67 | 1,941 | — | 0.72 |
 Jamaica | 112th | 3.71 | 1,140 | 2,919 | 0.21 |
 Cuba | 120th | 3 | 2,070 | — | — |
 Haiti | 162nd | 3 | 1,063 | 1,998 | — |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Aruba | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | not placed | — | 3,612 | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 184.
- Bahamas13th
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18th
- Saint Lucia=23rd
- Dominican Republic48th
- Saint Kitts and Nevis56th
- Barbados58th
- Dominica64th
- Trinidad and Tobago=77th
- Grenada93rd
- Antigua and Barbuda104th
- Jamaica112th
- Cuba120th
- Haiti162nd
- Anguillanot placed
- Arubanot placed
- British Virgin Islandsnot placed
- Cayman Islandsnot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Montserratnot placed
- Puerto Riconot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on food & agriculture
The countries immediately above and below Antigua and Barbuda in the topic’s list.
Colombia101st
Georgia102nd
Guinea103rd- Antigua and Barbuda104th
Uruguay105th
Ukraine106th
Kazakhstan107th
04Context, no vote
Where Antigua and Barbuda is ahead of the world, and behind
21 more statistics filed under food & agriculture, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Antigua and Barbuda does better than the middle country measured.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.83241.7384.83No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 241.73 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 412741▼ Worsened since 2012
Antigua and Barbuda: 27 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06111.88107.06▼ Worsened since 2012
Antigua and Barbuda: 111.88 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 79th of 194 · derived.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Antigua and Barbuda does worse than the middle country measured.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.69101.09102.69▼ Worsened since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 101.09 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Agricultural Emissions IntensityFAO · 2023 · world median 1.5652.721.565▼ Worsened since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 2.72 · world median 1.565 · Greenhouse gases from farming per value of agricultural output (kg CO₂eq per international dollar). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 28.2; lower is better.
Position 47th of 190 · derived, 1st = worst.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.0889.95106.08▼ Worsened since 2012
Antigua and Barbuda: 89.95 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 172nd of 195 · derived.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.2381.72106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Antigua and Barbuda: 81.72 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 180th of 195 · derived.
No better end14
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.7337.721.73No real change since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 37.72 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 1st of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1754.5216.17No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 54.52 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.810042.8Moved since 2012
Antigua and Barbuda: 100 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8396.3757.83No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 96.37 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Livestock DensityFAO · 2023 · world median 0.5351.070.535No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 1.07 · world median 0.535 · Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 43.97.
Position 44th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cropland Nitrogen BalanceFAO · 2023 · world median 37.6340.0237.63Moved since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 40.02 · world median 37.63 · Nitrogen surplus (+) or deficit (−) on cropland, kg per hectare. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -555.52 to 1,199.
Agricultural LandFAO · 2023 · world median 37.9620.4537.96No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 20.45 · world median 37.96 · Agricultural land (% of land area). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.445 to 86.48.
Position 148th of 209 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Arable Land per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 0.1090.0430.109No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.043 · world median 0.109 · Arable land (hectares per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1.459.
Position 154th of 206 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Water Withdrawal by SectorFAO · 2022 · world median 62.1415.6562.14No real change since 2012
Antigua and Barbuda: 15.65 · world median 62.14 · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.48.
Position 134th of 171 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · 2024 · world median 52,3753,29552,375No real change since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 3,295 · world median 52,375 · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 70,500,841.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.5721.4866.572Moved since 2015
Antigua and Barbuda: 1.486 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.
Position 138th of 158 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural EmissionsFAO · 2023 · world median 8,63520.368,635No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 20.36 · world median 8,635 · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,044,508.
Position 182nd of 193 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Land Under Cereal ProductionFAO · 2023 · world median 689,27827689,278No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 27 · world median 689,278 · Land under cereal production (hectares). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 103,715,108.
Position 176th of 179 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fertilizer Consumption per HectareFAO · 2023 · world median 87.36087.36Moved since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 0 · world median 87.36 · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,926.
Position 188th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Antigua and Barbuda
Agricultural Irrigated Land, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, Dietary Energy Supply, Employment in Agriculture, Global Report on Food Crises, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Organic Agricultural Area, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity (last 2023), Prevalence of Undernourishment and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Food & Agriculture among Antigua and Barbuda’s 13 topics
Food & Agriculture is Antigua and Barbuda’s 10th best-placed topic of 13. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing66th of 2002/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital66th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade65th of 1774/4 keys
- Gender & Equality73rd of 1832/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 78th of 1933/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation72nd of 1762/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 84th of 1942/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge86th of 1983/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties91st of 1983/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture104th of 1843/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability149th of 1863/4 keys
- Energy135th of 1652/3 keys
- Digital & Technology168th of 1983/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, Peace & Security, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on food & agriculture
The three countries placed highest of 184, and the leaders Antigua and Barbuda can most readily be measured against.
1
SerbiaSouthern Europe
1st of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
AustriaWestern Europe
2nd of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
3
MaltaSouthern Europe
3rd of 184 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States12th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Bahamas13th3/4 keysThis page
Antigua and Barbuda104th3/4 keys
Positions out of 184 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Antigua and Barbuda on food & agriculture: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Antigua and Barbuda rank on food & agriculture?
Antigua and Barbuda is placed 104th of 184 countries on Food & Agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), Cereal Yield and Agriculture Orientation Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) figure for Antigua and Barbuda?
2.67 in 2024 (current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators), according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The world median in the same edition was 3.14.
What is the latest Cereal Yield figure for Antigua and Barbuda?
1,941 in 2023 (cereal yield (kg per hectare)), according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The world median in the same edition was 3,072.
How have Antigua and Barbuda’s food & agriculture figures changed?
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) fell from 2.83 in 2015 to 2.67 in 2024; Cereal Yield rose from 1,600 in 2000 to 1,941 in 2023; Agriculture Orientation Index rose from 0.67 in 2014 to 0.72 in 2024.
Which food & agriculture statistics are missing for Antigua and Barbuda?
No current reading is published for Antigua and Barbuda on Agricultural Irrigated Land, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, Dietary Energy Supply, Employment in Agriculture, Global Report on Food Crises, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Organic Agricultural Area, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
This subject is about production and land use, not about whether people are fed. Hunger, undernourishment and what a population actually eats are measured under Health & Wellbeing, and the two regularly disagree — a country can grow a great deal and still leave many people short, and one that grows little can be well fed by trade. The wider environmental cost of farming — emissions, water withdrawal, forest cover — is filed under Environment & Sustainability.
How the Food & Agriculture standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The food & agriculture method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Cereal Yield — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Dietary Energy Supply — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Agriculture Orientation Index — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 21 statistics on this page come from 2 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Antigua and Barbuda’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Antigua and Barbuda (banner) — Z_dead from London, UK derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 2.0
- Serbia — Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malta — Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Antigua and Barbuda: Food & Agriculture — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/antigua-and-barbuda/food