Cassava, fresh — Yield in Belize
Belize: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 7,097 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Belize stood at 7,097 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 42.5% on the previous year and down 56.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Belize peaked at 17,210 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 7,097 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Belize 67th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 14,717 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 14,912 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 8,793 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1992 | 8,903 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 8,505 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 7,465 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 7,697 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 11,123 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1997 | 14,583 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1998 | 10,625 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1999 | 8,658 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2000 | 11,061 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2001 | 14,035 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2002 | 13,636 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 14,783 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 16,761 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2005 | 10,000 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 2006 | 14,059 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 2007 | 17,210 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2008 | 13,217 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2009 | 13,120 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 17,125 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2011 | 15,850 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 15,556 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 15,786 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 16,240 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 16,214 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 15,775 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 12,456 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2018 | 11,763 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 16,111 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2020 | 10,534 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2021 | 11,395 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 13,892 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2023 | 12,343 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2024 | 7,097 kg/ha | -42.5% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 7,097 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Belize's 7,097 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,717 kg/ha | 14,717 kg/ha | 14,717 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 10,126 kg/ha | 7,465 kg/ha | 14,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,788 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 17,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,288 kg/ha | 11,763 kg/ha | 17,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,052 kg/ha | 7,097 kg/ha | 13,892 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Belize?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Belize was 7,097 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 17,210 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,097 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Belize rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Belize ranks 67th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.3%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.