Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 533 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Belize stood at 533 ha.
The figure is down 32.1% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Belize peaked at 796 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1962.
Belize ranks 44th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | -87.5% |
| 1963 | 240 ha | +2300.0% |
| 1964 | 210 ha | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 90 ha | -59.1% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 50 ha | -66.7% |
| 1970 | 80 ha | +60.0% |
| 1971 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 145 ha | -14.7% |
| 1983 | 144 ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 170 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 210 ha | +23.5% |
| 1987 | 180 ha | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 543 ha | +201.7% |
| 1990 | 735 ha | +35.4% |
| 1991 | 640 ha | -12.9% |
| 1992 | 796 ha | +24.4% |
| 1993 | 552 ha | -30.7% |
| 1994 | 593 ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 423 ha | -28.7% |
| 1996 | 312 ha | -26.2% |
| 1997 | 552 ha | +76.9% |
| 1998 | 678 ha | +22.8% |
| 1999 | 76 ha | -88.8% |
| 2000 | 82 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 82 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 40 ha | -51.2% |
| 2003 | 60 ha | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 54 ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 32 ha | -40.7% |
| 2006 | 64 ha | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 31 ha | -51.6% |
| 2008 | 105 ha | +238.7% |
| 2009 | 121 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 121 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 202 ha | +66.9% |
| 2012 | 202 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 643 ha | +218.3% |
| 2014 | 709 ha | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 685 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 270 ha | -60.6% |
| 2017 | 410 ha | +51.9% |
| 2018 | 248 ha | -39.5% |
| 2019 | 270 ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 238 ha | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 330 ha | +38.7% |
| 2022 | 617 ha | +87.0% |
| 2023 | 785 ha | +27.2% |
| 2024 | 533 ha | -32.1% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 533 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 16% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Belize's 533 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 12% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +2300.0% | 10 ha | 240 ha |
| 2008 | +238.7% | 31 ha | 105 ha |
| 2013 | +218.3% | 202 ha | 643 ha |
| 1989 | +201.7% | 180 ha | 543 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127.78 ha | 10 ha | 240 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 146 ha | 80 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 206.2 ha | 144 ha | 543 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 535.7 ha | 76 ha | 796 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.1 ha | 31 ha | 121 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 376 ha | 121 ha | 709 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 500.6 ha | 238 ha | 785 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Belize?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Belize was 533 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 796 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1962.
- How does Belize rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. 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 Cocoa beans — 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.