Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 39,413 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belize recorded 39,413 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 49.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Belize peaked at 41,522 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,419 ha, in 1962.
That places Belize 139th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,129 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,419 ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 5,550 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 7,291 ha | +31.4% |
| 1965 | 7,842 ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 8,128 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 8,102 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 8,410 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 8,785 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 11,892 ha | +35.4% |
| 1971 | 13,357 ha | +12.3% |
| 1972 | 14,424 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 13,042 ha | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 15,475 ha | +18.7% |
| 1975 | 15,782 ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 16,857 ha | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 16,106 ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 13,961 ha | -13.3% |
| 1979 | 12,909 ha | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 13,800 ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 15,432 ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 14,342 ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 12,718 ha | -11.3% |
| 1984 | 14,305 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 16,630 ha | +16.3% |
| 1986 | 13,056 ha | -21.5% |
| 1987 | 16,300 ha | +24.8% |
| 1988 | 17,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 17,720 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 14,815 ha | -16.4% |
| 1991 | 16,903 ha | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 16,653 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 19,970 ha | +19.9% |
| 1994 | 18,104 ha | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 22,560 ha | +24.6% |
| 1996 | 22,335 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 25,007 ha | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 21,247 ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 22,207 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 19,797 ha | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 18,473 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 23,042 ha | +24.7% |
| 2003 | 21,052 ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 22,800 ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 25,007 ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 19,979 ha | -20.1% |
| 2007 | 23,866 ha | +19.5% |
| 2008 | 24,523 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 32,487 ha | +32.5% |
| 2010 | 30,554 ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 29,082 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 26,550 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 30,959 ha | +16.6% |
| 2014 | 26,295 ha | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 27,938 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 28,932 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 27,991 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 24,567 ha | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 28,886 ha | +17.6% |
| 2020 | 31,763 ha | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 31,848 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 32,777 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 41,522 ha | +26.7% |
| 2024 | 39,413 ha | -5.1% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 39,413 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 11% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Belize's 39,413 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 23% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,517 ha | 5,419 ha | 8,785 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,380 ha | 11,892 ha | 16,857 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,130 ha | 12,718 ha | 17,720 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,980 ha | 14,815 ha | 25,007 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,103 ha | 18,473 ha | 32,487 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,175 ha | 24,567 ha | 30,959 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,465 ha | 31,763 ha | 41,522 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Belize?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Belize was 39,413 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 41,522 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,419 ha in 1962.
- How does Belize rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 139th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.9%. 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 Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.