Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 412 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Belize is 412 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.5% on the previous year and up 76.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Belize peaked at 813 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 81 ha, in 1990.
That places Belize 41st out of 50 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.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 115 ha | — |
| 1990 | 81 ha | -29.6% |
| 1991 | 141 ha | +74.1% |
| 1992 | 228 ha | +61.7% |
| 1993 | 273 ha | +19.7% |
| 1994 | 222 ha | -18.7% |
| 1995 | 304 ha | +36.9% |
| 1996 | 457 ha | +50.3% |
| 1997 | 290 ha | -36.5% |
| 1998 | 346 ha | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 258 ha | -25.4% |
| 2000 | 728 ha | +182.2% |
| 2001 | 813 ha | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 750 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 628 ha | -16.3% |
| 2004 | 725 ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 404 ha | -44.3% |
| 2006 | 424 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 184 ha | -56.6% |
| 2008 | 208 ha | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 173 ha | -16.8% |
| 2010 | 171 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 179 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 182 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 160 ha | -12.1% |
| 2014 | 233 ha | +45.6% |
| 2015 | 318 ha | +36.5% |
| 2016 | 313 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 310 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 316 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 394 ha | +24.7% |
| 2020 | 375 ha | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 331 ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 338 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 339 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 412 ha | +21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 115 ha | 115 ha | 115 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 260 ha | 81 ha | 457 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 503.7 ha | 173 ha | 813 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 257.6 ha | 160 ha | 394 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 359 ha | 331 ha | 412 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0795 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Belize?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Belize was 412 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 813 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 81 ha in 1990.
- How does Belize rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 41st out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.8%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.