Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 294 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Belize is 294 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 234.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Belize peaked at 306 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16 ha, in 1994.
That places Belize 91st out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 148 ha | — |
| 1990 | 68 ha | -54.1% |
| 1991 | 101 ha | +48.5% |
| 1992 | 73 ha | -27.7% |
| 1993 | 91 ha | +24.7% |
| 1994 | 16 ha | -82.4% |
| 1995 | 159 ha | +893.8% |
| 1996 | 99 ha | -37.7% |
| 1997 | 158 ha | +59.6% |
| 1998 | 77 ha | -51.3% |
| 1999 | 74 ha | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 82 ha | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 84 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 96 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 62 ha | -35.4% |
| 2004 | 57 ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 88 ha | +54.4% |
| 2006 | 55 ha | -37.5% |
| 2007 | 71 ha | +29.1% |
| 2008 | 98 ha | +38.0% |
| 2009 | 44 ha | -55.1% |
| 2010 | 100 ha | +127.3% |
| 2011 | 113 ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 107 ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 103 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 88 ha | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 130 ha | +47.7% |
| 2016 | 133 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 126 ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 75 ha | -40.5% |
| 2019 | 76 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 102 ha | +34.2% |
| 2021 | 121 ha | +18.6% |
| 2022 | 276 ha | +128.1% |
| 2023 | 306 ha | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 294 ha | -3.9% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 294 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 11% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Belize's 294 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 14% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +893.8% | 16 ha | 159 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 148 ha | 148 ha | 148 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 91.6 ha | 16 ha | 159 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.7 ha | 44 ha | 98 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.1 ha | 75 ha | 133 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 219.8 ha | 102 ha | 306 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Belize?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Belize was 294 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 306 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 ha in 1994.
- How does Belize rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 91st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 234.1%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.