Belize vs Costa Rica: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Belize
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 58,301 ha against 41,600 ha in Belize, a difference of 16,701 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Belize's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Belize ranks 38th and Costa Rica ranks 35th of 103 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,017 ha | 27,489 ha | 19,471 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 17,876 ha | 39,714 ha | 21,838 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 23,708 ha | 46,654 ha | 22,946 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 24,108 ha | 40,493 ha | 16,385 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 24,198 ha | 50,649 ha | 26,451 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 30,610 ha | 61,052 ha | 30,441 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 40,772 ha | 58,783 ha | 18,011 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Belize or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 58,301 ha against 41,600 ha in Belize as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Belize and Costa Rica?
- 16,701 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Belize and Costa Rica rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 38th and Costa Rica ranks 35th of 103 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.