Rice — Yield in Belize
Belize: Rice — Yield was 4,849 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Yield in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Belize stood at 4,849 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Belize peaked at 5,751 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 660.2 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Belize 43rd out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,074 kg/ha | 660.2 kg/ha | 2,062 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,940 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 2,532 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,426 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 2,878 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,008 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 2,741 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,570 kg/ha | 2,294 kg/ha | 4,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,754 kg/ha | 4,242 kg/ha | 5,751 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,187 kg/ha | 4,525 kg/ha | 5,669 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 40 Syrian Arab Republic 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 40 Ukraine 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 42 Mauritania 4,878 kg/ha compare
- 44 Sudan (former) 4,699 kg/ha compare
- 45 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4,639 kg/ha compare
- 46 Bhutan 4,558 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Belize?
- Rice — yield in Belize was 4,849 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 5,751 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 660.2 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Belize rank for rice — yield?
- Belize ranks 43rd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Rice — Yield. 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.