Papayas — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Papayas — Area harvested was 29 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belize recorded 29 ha for papayas — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 141.7% on the previous year and down 88.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Belize peaked at 558 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4 ha, in 2020.
That places Belize 57th out of 64 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.
Papayas — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 22 ha | — |
| 1990 | 40 ha | +81.8% |
| 1991 | 19 ha | -52.5% |
| 1992 | 39 ha | +105.3% |
| 1993 | 79 ha | +102.6% |
| 1994 | 52 ha | -34.2% |
| 1995 | 96 ha | +84.6% |
| 1996 | 97 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 151 ha | +55.7% |
| 1998 | 177 ha | +17.2% |
| 1999 | 187 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 179 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 179 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 299 ha | +67.0% |
| 2003 | 246 ha | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 423 ha | +72.0% |
| 2005 | 547 ha | +29.3% |
| 2006 | 530 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 520 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 428 ha | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 273 ha | -36.2% |
| 2010 | 418 ha | +53.1% |
| 2011 | 558 ha | +33.5% |
| 2012 | 304 ha | -45.5% |
| 2013 | 248 ha | -18.4% |
| 2014 | 243 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 243 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 179 ha | -26.3% |
| 2017 | 22 ha | -87.7% |
| 2018 | 15 ha | -31.8% |
| 2019 | 7 ha | -53.3% |
| 2020 | 4 ha | -42.9% |
| 2021 | 15 ha | +275.0% |
| 2022 | 23 ha | +53.3% |
| 2023 | 12 ha | -47.8% |
| 2024 | 29 ha | +141.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 29 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,332 ha, 1% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Belize's 29 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 580.5 ha, 5% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22 ha | 22 ha | 22 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 93.7 ha | 19 ha | 187 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 362.4 ha | 179 ha | 547 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 223.7 ha | 7 ha | 558 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.6 ha | 4 ha | 29 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 papayas — area harvested in Belize?
- Papayas — area harvested in Belize was 29 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 558 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 ha in 2020.
- How does Belize rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 57th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.1%. 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 Papayas — 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.