Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Belize
Belize: Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield was 13,456 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Belize is 13,456 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Belize peaked at 31,462 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1994.
Belize ranks 74th of 97 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 12,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 9,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1991 | 31,462 kg/ha | +249.6% |
| 1992 | 11,000 kg/ha | -65.0% |
| 1993 | 11,100 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 1,000 kg/ha | -91.0% |
| 1995 | 8,000 kg/ha | +700.0% |
| 1996 | 12,700 kg/ha | +58.8% |
| 1997 | 3,667 kg/ha | -71.1% |
| 1998 | 3,143 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 13,500 kg/ha | +329.5% |
| 2000 | 10,750 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2001 | 6,196 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 2002 | 14,520 kg/ha | +134.3% |
| 2003 | 8,000 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2004 | 9,850 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2005 | 11,200 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2006 | 12,375 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 15,263 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2008 | 13,588 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 14,450 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 11,617 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2011 | 11,375 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 12,478 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 12,167 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 11,078 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 8,708 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2016 | 15,303 kg/ha | +75.7% |
| 2017 | 8,940 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 2018 | 7,589 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 6,390 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 9,045 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 2021 | 13,273 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2022 | 16,250 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2023 | 13,400 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2024 | 13,456 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 13,456 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,770 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Belize's 13,456 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,465 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cantaloupes and other melons — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +700.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +329.5% | 3,143 kg/ha | 13,500 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +249.6% | 9,000 kg/ha | 31,462 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 10,457 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 31,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,619 kg/ha | 6,196 kg/ha | 15,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,564 kg/ha | 6,390 kg/ha | 15,303 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,085 kg/ha | 9,045 kg/ha | 16,250 kg/ha | 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 cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Belize?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — yield in Belize was 13,456 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 31,462 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Belize rank for cantaloupes and other melons — yield?
- Belize ranks 74th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. 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 Cantaloupes and other melons — 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.