Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Belize
Belize: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0071 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Belize recorded 0.0071 ha per person for bananas — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Belize peaked at 0.0137 ha per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 ha per person, in 1972.
That places Belize 11th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0012 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0014 ha per person | +15.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0022 ha per person | +64.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0017 ha per person | -24.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0028 ha per person | +65.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0037 ha per person | +33.8% |
| 1967 | 0.004 ha per person | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0052 ha per person | +32.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0025 ha per person | -53.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0011 ha per person | -56.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0009 ha per person | -16.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0009 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0009 ha per person | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 0.001 ha per person | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0012 ha per person | +13.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0051 ha per person | +344.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0071 ha per person | +39.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0072 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0092 ha per person | +27.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0086 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0058 ha per person | -32.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0058 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0056 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0054 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0055 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0078 ha per person | +41.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0102 ha per person | +31.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0114 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0098 ha per person | -14.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0137 ha per person | +40.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0111 ha per person | -19.1% |
| 1992 | 0.011 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0095 ha per person | -13.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0101 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0104 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0104 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0067 ha per person | -35.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0064 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0071 ha per person | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 0.008 ha per person | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 0.009 ha per person | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0096 ha per person | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0095 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0091 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0091 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.009 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0082 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0084 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0084 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0083 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0082 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0084 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0079 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0083 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0115 ha per person | +38.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0068 ha per person | -41.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0066 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0065 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0079 ha per person | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0078 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.008 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0078 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.007 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0071 ha per person | +1.5% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 0.0071 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0011 ha per person, 6.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belize's 0.0071 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0015 ha per person, 4.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Belize 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +344.1% | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0051 ha per person |
| 1965 | +65.6% | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person |
| 1963 | +64.7% | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0052 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0092 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0076 ha per person | 0.0054 ha per person | 0.0114 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0096 ha per person | 0.0064 ha per person | 0.0137 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0088 ha per person | 0.008 ha per person | 0.0096 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.008 ha per person | 0.0065 ha per person | 0.0115 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0075 ha per person | 0.007 ha per person | 0.008 ha per person | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0795 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 610.5 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5844 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested, per capita in Belize?
- Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Belize was 0.0071 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0137 ha per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 ha per person in 1972.
- How does Belize rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
- Belize ranks 11th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.