Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Belize
Belize: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 40 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Belize stood at 40 ha.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 55.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Belize peaked at 128 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 4 ha, in 1990.
That places Belize 110th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 12 ha | — |
| 1990 | 4 ha | -66.7% |
| 1991 | 14 ha | +250.0% |
| 1992 | 6 ha | -57.1% |
| 1993 | 20 ha | +233.3% |
| 1994 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 19 ha | +26.7% |
| 1996 | 21 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 33 ha | +57.1% |
| 1998 | 46 ha | +39.4% |
| 1999 | 31 ha | -32.6% |
| 2000 | 17 ha | -45.2% |
| 2001 | 79 ha | +364.7% |
| 2002 | 51 ha | -35.4% |
| 2003 | 53 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 39 ha | -26.4% |
| 2005 | 35 ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 128 ha | +265.7% |
| 2007 | 32 ha | -75.0% |
| 2008 | 34 ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 38 ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 55 ha | +44.7% |
| 2011 | 71 ha | +29.1% |
| 2012 | 66 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 57 ha | -13.6% |
| 2014 | 89 ha | +56.1% |
| 2015 | 73 ha | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 105 ha | +43.8% |
| 2017 | 114 ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 104 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 28 ha | -73.1% |
| 2020 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 36 ha | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 42 ha | +16.7% |
| 2024 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 20.9 ha | 4 ha | 46 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.6 ha | 17 ha | 128 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.2 ha | 28 ha | 114 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.4 ha | 29 ha | 42 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 107 Madagascar 87 ha compare
- 108 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 79 ha compare
- 109 New Zealand 52 ha compare
- 110 Cyprus 40 ha compare
- 112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34 ha compare
- 113 Antigua and Barbuda 24 ha compare
- 113 Gabon 24 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 chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Belize?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Belize was 40 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 128 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 ha in 1990.
- How does Belize rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Belize ranks 110th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area harvested. 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.