Rice — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Rice — Area harvested was 3,460 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Belize stood at 3,460 ha.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Belize peaked at 6,249 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1,136 ha, in 1962.
Belize ranks 87th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,168 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,136 ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 1,267 ha | +11.5% |
| 1964 | 1,734 ha | +36.9% |
| 1965 | 2,581 ha | +48.8% |
| 1966 | 1,853 ha | -28.2% |
| 1967 | 2,076 ha | +12.0% |
| 1968 | 1,789 ha | -13.8% |
| 1969 | 1,683 ha | -5.9% |
| 1970 | 1,775 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 3,110 ha | +75.2% |
| 1972 | 3,369 ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 3,225 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 4,063 ha | +26.0% |
| 1975 | 4,451 ha | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 4,290 ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 3,440 ha | -19.8% |
| 1978 | 2,630 ha | -23.5% |
| 1979 | 2,792 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 3,278 ha | +17.4% |
| 1981 | 3,972 ha | +21.2% |
| 1982 | 3,342 ha | -15.9% |
| 1983 | 2,368 ha | -29.1% |
| 1984 | 2,520 ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 2,452 ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 1,530 ha | -37.6% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | +17.6% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 4,161 ha | +108.0% |
| 1990 | 3,200 ha | -23.1% |
| 1991 | 3,715 ha | +16.1% |
| 1992 | 2,935 ha | -21.0% |
| 1993 | 4,455 ha | +51.8% |
| 1994 | 4,238 ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 4,932 ha | +16.4% |
| 1996 | 5,796 ha | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 6,249 ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 5,220 ha | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 4,604 ha | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 3,624 ha | -21.3% |
| 2001 | 4,022 ha | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 4,774 ha | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 4,534 ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 3,136 ha | -30.8% |
| 2005 | 3,780 ha | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 2,913 ha | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 3,713 ha | +27.5% |
| 2008 | 3,390 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 4,579 ha | +35.1% |
| 2010 | 4,608 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 4,455 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 2,711 ha | -39.1% |
| 2013 | 3,926 ha | +44.8% |
| 2014 | 3,511 ha | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 2,985 ha | -15.0% |
| 2016 | 3,393 ha | +13.7% |
| 2017 | 3,972 ha | +17.1% |
| 2018 | 2,718 ha | -31.6% |
| 2019 | 2,417 ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 3,081 ha | +27.5% |
| 2021 | 2,644 ha | -14.2% |
| 2022 | 2,906 ha | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 3,159 ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 3,460 ha | +9.5% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 3,460 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 8% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Belize's 3,460 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 7% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,699 ha | 1,136 ha | 2,581 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,314 ha | 1,775 ha | 4,451 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,742 ha | 1,530 ha | 4,161 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,534 ha | 2,935 ha | 6,249 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,846 ha | 2,913 ha | 4,774 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,470 ha | 2,417 ha | 4,608 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,050 ha | 2,644 ha | 3,460 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 84 Sudan (former) 7,600 ha compare
- 85 Honduras 6,664 ha compare
- 86 Sudan 6,264 ha compare
- 88 North Macedonia 3,120 ha compare
- 89 Ukraine 3,000 ha compare
- 90 Azerbaijan 2,878 ha compare
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 rice — area harvested in Belize?
- Rice — area harvested in Belize was 3,460 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 6,249 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,136 ha in 1962.
- How does Belize rank for rice — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 87th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — 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.