Meat, Total — Production in Belize
Belize: Meat, Total — Production was 28,602 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Belize recorded 28,602 t for meat, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Belize peaked at 28,602 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,369 t, in 1961.
That places Belize 166th out of 210 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,620 t | 1,369 t | 1,895 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,083 t | 2,151 t | 3,920 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,295 t | 4,041 t | 7,302 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,012 t | 6,277 t | 10,482 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,987 t | 10,731 t | 17,563 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,694 t | 16,600 t | 24,502 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,165 t | 22,194 t | 28,602 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 163 Qatar 33,814 t compare
- 164 Timor-Leste 30,785 t compare
- 165 Brunei Darussalam 30,581 t compare
- 167 Guinea-Bissau 26,995 t compare
- 168 Eswatini 26,283 t compare
- 169 North Macedonia 21,430 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture share gdp 7.95 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.95 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 58.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 247,148 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.9% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 254.62 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 85,072 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Belize?
- Meat, total — production in Belize was 28,602 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 28,602 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,369 t in 1961.
- How does Belize rank for meat, total — production?
- Belize ranks 166th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. 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 Meat, Total — Production. 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.