Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 285 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belize recorded 285 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Belize peaked at 399 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 76 ha, in 1969.
Belize ranks 177th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 145 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 129 ha | -11.0% |
| 1969 | 76 ha | -41.1% |
| 1970 | 78 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 80 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 87 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 81 ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +23.5% |
| 1976 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 145 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 145 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 150 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 324 ha | +102.5% |
| 1990 | 180 ha | -44.4% |
| 1991 | 324 ha | +80.0% |
| 1992 | 345 ha | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 332 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 210 ha | -36.7% |
| 1995 | 254 ha | +21.0% |
| 1996 | 138 ha | -45.7% |
| 1997 | 126 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 254 ha | +101.6% |
| 1999 | 304 ha | +19.7% |
| 2000 | 356 ha | +17.1% |
| 2001 | 399 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 356 ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 275 ha | -22.8% |
| 2004 | 191 ha | -30.5% |
| 2005 | 182 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 193 ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 121 ha | -37.3% |
| 2008 | 151 ha | +24.8% |
| 2009 | 171 ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 184 ha | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 186 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 188 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 143 ha | -23.9% |
| 2014 | 197 ha | +37.8% |
| 2015 | 178 ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 178 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 191 ha | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 242 ha | +26.7% |
| 2019 | 235 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 244 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 259 ha | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 238 ha | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 259 ha | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 285 ha | +10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116.67 ha | 76 ha | 145 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 104.1 ha | 78 ha | 140 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 169.4 ha | 145 ha | 324 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 246.7 ha | 126 ha | 345 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 239.5 ha | 121 ha | 399 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 192.2 ha | 143 ha | 242 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 257 ha | 238 ha | 285 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Belize?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Belize was 285 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 399 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 ha in 1969.
- How does Belize rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.