Cocoa beans — Yield in Belize
Belize: Cocoa beans — Yield was 422.1 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — yield in Belize is 422.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 42.2% on the previous year and up 298.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Belize peaked at 806.5 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 40.5 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Belize 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 212.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 241.7 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1964 | 238.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 250 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 222.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 233.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 240 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 212.5 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 222.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 246.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 250 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 247.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 247.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 250 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 258.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 258.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 289.7 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1983 | 284.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 366.7 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1985 | 376.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 381 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 366.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 316.7 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 152.9 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 1990 | 227.2 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 1991 | 142.2 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1992 | 179.6 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1993 | 130.4 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1994 | 40.5 kg/ha | -68.9% |
| 1995 | 80.4 kg/ha | +98.5% |
| 1996 | 176.3 kg/ha | +119.3% |
| 1997 | 152.2 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1998 | 132.7 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 302.6 kg/ha | +128.0% |
| 2000 | 365.9 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2001 | 365.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 625 kg/ha | +70.8% |
| 2003 | 683.3 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 740.7 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 687.5 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 671.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 806.5 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 476.2 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2009 | 322.3 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 2010 | 214.9 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2011 | 128.7 kg/ha | -40.1% |
| 2012 | 336.6 kg/ha | +161.5% |
| 2013 | 102.6 kg/ha | -69.5% |
| 2014 | 105.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 104.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 315.1 kg/ha | +200.4% |
| 2017 | 595.1 kg/ha | +88.9% |
| 2018 | 443.3 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2019 | 407.7 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 470.9 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2021 | 526.6 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 609.4 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 296.8 kg/ha | -51.3% |
| 2024 | 422.1 kg/ha | +42.2% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 422.1 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Belize's 422.1 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +200.4% | 104.9 kg/ha | 315.1 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +161.5% | 128.7 kg/ha | 336.6 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +128.0% | 132.7 kg/ha | 302.6 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +119.3% | 80.4 kg/ha | 176.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 231.98 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 242.56 kg/ha | 212.5 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 305.25 kg/ha | 152.9 kg/ha | 381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 156.41 kg/ha | 40.5 kg/ha | 302.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 574.52 kg/ha | 322.3 kg/ha | 806.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 275.48 kg/ha | 102.6 kg/ha | 595.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 465.16 kg/ha | 296.8 kg/ha | 609.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 21 Sierra Leone 471.8 kg/ha compare
- 22 Indonesia 456.2 kg/ha compare
- 23 El Salvador 422.7 kg/ha compare
- 25 Guyana 415.1 kg/ha compare
- 26 Tonga 400 kg/ha compare
- 27 Papua New Guinea 396.2 kg/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 cocoa beans — yield in Belize?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Belize was 422.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 806.5 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.5 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Belize rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Belize ranks 24th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 298.6%. 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 — 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.