Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 27,459 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Belize stood at 27,459 ha.
The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and up 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Belize peaked at 29,426 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,283 ha, in 1962.
Belize ranks 106th of 167 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,961 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,283 ha | -38.5% |
| 1963 | 4,283 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,557 ha | +29.7% |
| 1965 | 5,261 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 6,275 ha | +19.3% |
| 1967 | 6,026 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 6,621 ha | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 7,102 ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 10,117 ha | +42.5% |
| 1971 | 10,247 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 11,055 ha | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 9,817 ha | -11.2% |
| 1974 | 11,412 ha | +16.2% |
| 1975 | 11,331 ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 12,567 ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 12,666 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 11,331 ha | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 10,117 ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 10,522 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 11,460 ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 11,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 10,350 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 11,785 ha | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 14,178 ha | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 11,526 ha | -18.7% |
| 1987 | 14,500 ha | +25.8% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 11,839 ha | -21.1% |
| 1990 | 9,845 ha | -16.8% |
| 1991 | 11,545 ha | +17.3% |
| 1992 | 11,896 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 13,036 ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 12,109 ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 15,764 ha | +30.2% |
| 1996 | 14,738 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 16,883 ha | +14.6% |
| 1998 | 14,348 ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 14,774 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 14,178 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 12,214 ha | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 14,306 ha | +17.1% |
| 2003 | 14,098 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 16,014 ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 18,034 ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 14,854 ha | -17.6% |
| 2007 | 17,272 ha | +16.3% |
| 2008 | 15,738 ha | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 22,566 ha | +43.4% |
| 2010 | 19,836 ha | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 19,452 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 17,336 ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 20,905 ha | +20.6% |
| 2014 | 18,926 ha | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 20,153 ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 22,092 ha | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 19,641 ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 18,488 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 21,079 ha | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 23,263 ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 24,097 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 23,717 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 29,426 ha | +24.1% |
| 2024 | 27,459 ha | -6.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 27,459 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 43% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Belize's 27,459 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 58% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,819 ha | 4,283 ha | 7,102 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,066 ha | 9,817 ha | 12,666 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,216 ha | 10,350 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,494 ha | 9,845 ha | 16,883 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,927 ha | 12,214 ha | 22,566 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,791 ha | 17,336 ha | 22,092 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,592 ha | 23,263 ha | 29,426 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 103 Mauritania 28,000 ha compare
- 104 Azerbaijan 27,991 ha compare
- 105 Gambia 27,688 ha compare
- 107 Sudan 22,847 ha compare
- 108 Panama 22,184 ha compare
- 109 New Zealand 21,631 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Belize?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Belize was 27,459 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 29,426 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,283 ha in 1962.
- How does Belize rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 106th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.