Bananas — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Bananas — Area harvested was 2,949 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Belize stood at 2,949 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Belize peaked at 4,096 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 110 ha, in 1961.
That places Belize 63rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110 ha | — |
| 1962 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1963 | 220 ha | +69.2% |
| 1964 | 170 ha | -22.7% |
| 1965 | 290 ha | +70.6% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +37.9% |
| 1967 | 440 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 600 ha | +36.4% |
| 1969 | 290 ha | -51.7% |
| 1970 | 130 ha | -55.2% |
| 1971 | 110 ha | -15.4% |
| 1972 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 680 ha | +353.3% |
| 1977 | 970 ha | +42.6% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1980 | 1,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 870 ha | -30.4% |
| 1982 | 880 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 870 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | +44.4% |
| 1987 | 1,750 ha | +34.6% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 1,749 ha | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 2,506 ha | +43.3% |
| 1991 | 2,070 ha | -17.4% |
| 1992 | 2,105 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1,859 ha | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 2,011 ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 2,116 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 2,182 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 1,467 ha | -32.8% |
| 1998 | 1,452 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,650 ha | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 1,924 ha | +16.6% |
| 2001 | 2,232 ha | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 2,464 ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 2,494 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 2,484 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,548 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 2,586 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 2,437 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 2,543 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 2,641 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 2,643 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,685 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 2,822 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 2,713 ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 2,900 ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 4,096 ha | +41.2% |
| 2016 | 2,472 ha | -39.6% |
| 2017 | 2,472 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,472 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,036 ha | +22.8% |
| 2020 | 3,044 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,162 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 3,158 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,865 ha | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 2,949 ha | +2.9% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 2,949 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 45% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belize's 2,949 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 42% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested 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 | +353.3% | 150 ha | 680 ha |
| 1965 | +70.6% | 170 ha | 290 ha |
| 1963 | +69.2% | 130 ha | 220 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 294.44 ha | 110 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 470 ha | 110 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,244 ha | 870 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,942 ha | 1,452 ha | 2,506 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,435 ha | 1,924 ha | 2,641 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,831 ha | 2,472 ha | 4,096 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,036 ha | 2,865 ha | 3,162 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
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 in Belize?
- Bananas — area harvested in Belize was 2,949 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 4,096 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 110 ha in 1961.
- How does Belize rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 63rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.