Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Belize
Belize: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 8,067 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Belize is 8,067 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 24.9% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Belize peaked at 21,875 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 5,404 kg/ha, in 1991.
Belize ranks 161st of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,045 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,648 kg/ha | 17,308 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,729 kg/ha | 11,670 kg/ha | 21,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,621 kg/ha | 5,404 kg/ha | 11,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,318 kg/ha | 8,982 kg/ha | 12,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,688 kg/ha | 9,972 kg/ha | 14,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,515 kg/ha | 8,067 kg/ha | 10,738 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 158 Guinea 8,476 kg/ha compare
- 159 Dominican Republic 8,242 kg/ha compare
- 160 Honduras 8,233 kg/ha compare
- 163 Papua New Guinea 7,967 kg/ha compare
- 164 Madagascar 7,878 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Belize?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Belize was 8,067 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 21,875 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,404 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Belize rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Belize ranks 161st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.