Okra — Yield in Belize
Belize: Okra — Yield was 1,400 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Yield in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in Belize is 1,400 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 85.7% on the previous year and down 68.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Belize peaked at 14,960 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 538.5 kg/ha, in 1998.
Belize ranks 50th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 14,960 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 2,333 kg/ha | -84.4% |
| 1991 | 8,333 kg/ha | +257.1% |
| 1992 | 11,167 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1993 | 9,500 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 1,800 kg/ha | -81.1% |
| 1995 | 928.6 kg/ha | -48.4% |
| 1996 | 9,000 kg/ha | +869.2% |
| 1997 | 5,234 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 1998 | 538.5 kg/ha | -89.7% |
| 1999 | 5,714 kg/ha | +961.2% |
| 2000 | 12,160 kg/ha | +112.8% |
| 2001 | 8,348 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2002 | 8,300 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 6,353 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2004 | 5,667 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 2,667 kg/ha | -52.9% |
| 2006 | 6,000 kg/ha | +125.0% |
| 2007 | 3,667 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 2008 | 2,727 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2009 | 2,900 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 3,800 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 2011 | 1,778 kg/ha | -53.2% |
| 2012 | 2,875 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 2013 | 5,333 kg/ha | +85.5% |
| 2014 | 4,483 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2015 | 7,500 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 2016 | 5,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2017 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,200 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 2019 | 1,231 kg/ha | -61.5% |
| 2020 | 3,400 kg/ha | +176.2% |
| 2021 | 5,250 kg/ha | +54.4% |
| 2022 | 4,167 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2023 | 9,800 kg/ha | +135.2% |
| 2024 | 1,400 kg/ha | -85.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 1,400 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,925 kg/ha, 16% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Belize's 1,400 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,368 kg/ha, 15% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +961.2% | 538.5 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +869.2% | 928.6 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,960 kg/ha | 14,960 kg/ha | 14,960 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 5,455 kg/ha | 538.5 kg/ha | 11,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,879 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 12,160 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,020 kg/ha | 1,231 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,803 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 9,800 kg/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 okra — yield in Belize?
- Okra — yield in Belize was 1,400 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 14,960 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 538.5 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Belize rank for okra — yield?
- Belize ranks 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.8%. 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 Okra — Yield. 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.