Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 18,132 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Belize, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belize recorded 18,132 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 415.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Belize peaked at 18,289 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 280 ha, in 2008.
Belize ranks 134th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 532 ha | -46.8% |
| 1990 | 2,019 ha | +279.5% |
| 1991 | 2,319 ha | +14.9% |
| 1992 | 2,152 ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 1,691 ha | -21.4% |
| 1994 | 1,447 ha | -14.4% |
| 1995 | 1,502 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 1,053 ha | -29.9% |
| 1997 | 1,094 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 508 ha | -53.6% |
| 1999 | 777 ha | +53.0% |
| 2000 | 547 ha | -29.6% |
| 2001 | 603 ha | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 1,376 ha | +128.2% |
| 2003 | 1,574 ha | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 645 ha | -59.0% |
| 2005 | 490 ha | -24.0% |
| 2006 | 591 ha | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 467 ha | -21.0% |
| 2008 | 280 ha | -40.0% |
| 2009 | 580 ha | +107.1% |
| 2010 | 1,097 ha | +89.1% |
| 2011 | 703 ha | -35.9% |
| 2012 | 971 ha | +38.1% |
| 2013 | 2,948 ha | +203.6% |
| 2014 | 3,520 ha | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 4,560 ha | +29.5% |
| 2016 | 5,158 ha | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 8,188 ha | +58.7% |
| 2018 | 7,547 ha | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 8,223 ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 11,958 ha | +45.4% |
| 2021 | 13,183 ha | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 16,224 ha | +23.1% |
| 2023 | 18,289 ha | +12.7% |
| 2024 | 18,132 ha | -0.9% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 18,132 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68,160 ha, 27% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Belize's 18,132 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 59% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +279.5% | 532 ha | 2,019 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 906.4 ha | 532 ha | 1,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,456 ha | 508 ha | 2,319 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 715.3 ha | 280 ha | 1,574 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,292 ha | 703 ha | 8,223 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,557 ha | 11,958 ha | 18,289 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 131 Belgium-Luxembourg 23,003 ha compare
- 132 Samoa 21,712 ha compare
- 133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,497 ha compare
- 135 El Salvador 12,453 ha compare
- 136 Cyprus 10,911 ha compare
- 137 North Macedonia 10,529 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3358 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.454 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Belize?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Belize was 18,132 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 18,289 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 280 ha in 2008.
- How does Belize rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 134th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 415.1%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.