Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Belize
Belize: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 10,460 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Belize, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Belize stood at 10,460 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 69.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Belize peaked at 13,622 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,250 kg/ha, in 2012.
Belize ranks 92nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13,622 kg/ha | — |
| 2000 | 11,324 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 10,844 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 9,837 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 5,962 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 2004 | 6,382 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 5,829 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 3,871 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 2007 | 2,548 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 2008 | 5,533 kg/ha | +117.2% |
| 2009 | 4,776 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 5,175 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 5,379 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 2,250 kg/ha | -58.2% |
| 2013 | 6,500 kg/ha | +188.9% |
| 2014 | 6,155 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 6,109 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 7,846 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2017 | 4,172 kg/ha | -46.8% |
| 2018 | 8,933 kg/ha | +114.1% |
| 2019 | 4,875 kg/ha | -45.4% |
| 2020 | 8,417 kg/ha | +72.7% |
| 2021 | 10,000 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 9,222 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 10,580 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2024 | 10,460 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 10,460 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belize's 10,460 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +188.9% | 2,250 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,622 kg/ha | 13,622 kg/ha | 13,622 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 6,691 kg/ha | 2,548 kg/ha | 11,324 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,739 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 8,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,736 kg/ha | 8,417 kg/ha | 10,580 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Belize?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Belize was 10,460 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 13,622 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,250 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Belize rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Belize ranks 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield. 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.