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 99th of 146 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.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture share gdp 7.95 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.95 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 58.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 247,148 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.9% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 254.62 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 85,072 t (2024)
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 99th out of 146 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.