Bananas — Yield in Belize
Belize: Bananas — Yield was 28,848 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Belize stood at 28,848 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 23.0% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Belize peaked at 37,520 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10,143 kg/ha, in 1991.
Belize ranks 32nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,636 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,077 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 13,636 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 13,529 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 13,793 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 14,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 13,864 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 13,833 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 13,448 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 13,846 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 13,636 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 13,636 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13,333 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 13,846 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 13,333 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 14,706 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1977 | 14,948 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 16,154 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 15,840 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 16,092 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 16,136 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 16,667 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 16,437 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 16,667 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 15,769 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 17,143 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 17,500 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 15,687 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 10,170 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1991 | 10,143 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 13,316 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1993 | 22,020 kg/ha | +65.4% |
| 1994 | 23,836 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 21,034 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 26,510 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1997 | 35,917 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1998 | 35,059 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 34,054 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 34,191 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 21,200 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2002 | 17,441 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2003 | 29,413 kg/ha | +68.6% |
| 2004 | 31,746 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 28,747 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 26,933 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 25,439 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 26,760 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 25,774 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 29,433 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 28,179 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 37,520 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2013 | 37,188 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 36,366 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 24,672 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2016 | 29,274 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 35,168 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2018 | 33,204 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 28,196 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2020 | 30,435 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 31,462 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 27,299 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 23,462 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2024 | 28,848 kg/ha | +23.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 28,848 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belize's 28,848 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +68.6% | 17,441 kg/ha | 29,413 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +65.4% | 13,316 kg/ha | 22,020 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,646 kg/ha | 13,077 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,244 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 16,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,394 kg/ha | 15,687 kg/ha | 17,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,206 kg/ha | 10,143 kg/ha | 35,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,764 kg/ha | 17,441 kg/ha | 34,191 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,920 kg/ha | 24,672 kg/ha | 37,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,301 kg/ha | 23,462 kg/ha | 31,462 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 29 Saint Lucia 29,738 kg/ha compare
- 30 Australia 29,189 kg/ha compare
- 30 Australia and New Zealand 29,189 kg/ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 28,596 kg/ha compare
- 34 Maldives 27,977 kg/ha compare
- 35 Angola 27,331 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Belize?
- Bananas — yield in Belize was 28,848 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 37,520 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,143 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Belize rank for bananas — yield?
- Belize ranks 32nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.