Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested was 486 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Belize is 486 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 82.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Belize peaked at 6,000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 350 ha, in 1979.
Belize ranks 37th of 93 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.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 481 ha | — |
| 1962 | 380 ha | -21.0% |
| 1963 | 642 ha | +68.9% |
| 1964 | 642 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 830 ha | +29.3% |
| 1966 | 911 ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 911 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 911 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 934 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 988 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,012 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 1,012 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,012 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 880 ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 700 ha | -20.5% |
| 1978 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | -53.3% |
| 1980 | 1,104 ha | +215.4% |
| 1981 | 1,400 ha | +26.8% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | -60.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1985 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | +41.7% |
| 1988 | 1,650 ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 3,375 ha | +104.5% |
| 1990 | 3,566 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 4,830 ha | +35.4% |
| 1992 | 4,960 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 5,533 ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | -27.7% |
| 1995 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 4,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1997 | 3,440 ha | -23.6% |
| 1998 | 3,688 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 4,453 ha | +20.7% |
| 2000 | 3,440 ha | -22.7% |
| 2001 | 2,279 ha | -33.8% |
| 2002 | 1,948 ha | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 1,881 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 1,881 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,077 ha | +63.6% |
| 2006 | 2,209 ha | -28.2% |
| 2007 | 2,740 ha | +24.0% |
| 2008 | 2,740 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,698 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 3,932 ha | +45.7% |
| 2011 | 3,112 ha | -20.9% |
| 2012 | 3,077 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 2,811 ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 2,811 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,362 ha | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 2,470 ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 2,178 ha | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 2,083 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 2,022 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 2,022 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 706 ha | -65.1% |
| 2022 | 466 ha | -34.0% |
| 2023 | 486 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 486 ha | +0.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 486 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 853 ha, 57% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Belize's 486 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 557 ha, 87% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pomelos and grapefruits — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +215.4% | 350 ha | 1,104 ha |
| 1989 | +104.5% | 1,650 ha | 3,375 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 738 ha | 380 ha | 934 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 870.4 ha | 350 ha | 1,012 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,463 ha | 600 ha | 3,375 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,497 ha | 3,440 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,489 ha | 1,881 ha | 3,440 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,686 ha | 2,022 ha | 3,932 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 833.2 ha | 466 ha | 2,022 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 pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Belize?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Belize was 486 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 ha in 1979.
- How does Belize rank for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 37th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.7%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.