Cereals, primary — Yield in Belize
Belize: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,698 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Belize is 3,698 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Belize peaked at 4,476 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 550.9 kg/ha, in 1966.
Belize ranks 78th of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 596.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 598.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 694.8 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1964 | 697.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 742 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 550.9 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1967 | 1,028 kg/ha | +86.6% |
| 1968 | 1,176 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 1,273 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 1,629 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1971 | 1,529 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 1,415 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 1,861 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1974 | 1,313 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1975 | 1,055 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1976 | 1,450 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1977 | 1,592 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 1,852 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1979 | 1,711 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 1,989 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1981 | 2,072 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2,030 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 1,865 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 1,526 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1985 | 1,516 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 1,753 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1987 | 1,707 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 1,687 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 1,612 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 2,014 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1991 | 2,485 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1992 | 2,290 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 2,185 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 1,898 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 1,918 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 2,505 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1997 | 2,394 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 2,458 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 2,805 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 2,418 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 3,100 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2002 | 2,449 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2003 | 2,852 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2004 | 2,366 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2005 | 2,870 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2006 | 2,672 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 2,940 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 2,427 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 2,686 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 3,223 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 3,156 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,451 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 3,616 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 3,595 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 2,898 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2016 | 3,165 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 4,229 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 2018 | 4,044 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 2,946 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2020 | 3,526 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 4,290 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2022 | 4,476 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 3,857 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 3,698 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 3,698 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Belize's 3,698 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 817.46 kg/ha | 550.9 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,541 kg/ha | 1,055 kg/ha | 1,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,776 kg/ha | 1,516 kg/ha | 2,072 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,295 kg/ha | 1,898 kg/ha | 2,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,678 kg/ha | 2,366 kg/ha | 3,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,432 kg/ha | 2,898 kg/ha | 4,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,969 kg/ha | 3,526 kg/ha | 4,476 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 — yield in Belize?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Belize was 3,698 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 4,476 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 550.9 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Belize rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Belize ranks 78th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 — Yield. 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.