Sorghum — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Sorghum — Area harvested was 8,494 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Belize is 8,494 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and up 120.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Belize peaked at 8,937 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,643 ha, in 1991.
That places Belize 65th out of 120 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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1,720 ha | — |
| 1990 | 1,770 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 1,643 ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 1,822 ha | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 2,479 ha | +36.1% |
| 1994 | 1,757 ha | -29.1% |
| 1995 | 1,864 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 1,801 ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 1,875 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 1,679 ha | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 2,829 ha | +68.5% |
| 2000 | 1,995 ha | -29.5% |
| 2001 | 2,237 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 3,962 ha | +77.1% |
| 2003 | 2,420 ha | -38.9% |
| 2004 | 3,650 ha | +50.8% |
| 2005 | 3,193 ha | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 2,212 ha | -30.7% |
| 2007 | 2,881 ha | +30.2% |
| 2008 | 5,395 ha | +87.3% |
| 2009 | 5,342 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 6,110 ha | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 5,175 ha | -15.3% |
| 2012 | 6,503 ha | +25.7% |
| 2013 | 6,128 ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 3,858 ha | -37.0% |
| 2015 | 4,800 ha | +24.4% |
| 2016 | 3,447 ha | -28.2% |
| 2017 | 4,378 ha | +27.0% |
| 2018 | 3,361 ha | -23.2% |
| 2019 | 5,390 ha | +60.4% |
| 2020 | 5,419 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 5,107 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 6,154 ha | +20.5% |
| 2023 | 8,937 ha | +45.2% |
| 2024 | 8,494 ha | -5.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 8,494 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Belize's 8,494 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 54% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,720 ha | 1,720 ha | 1,720 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 1,952 ha | 1,643 ha | 2,829 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,329 ha | 1,995 ha | 5,395 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,915 ha | 3,361 ha | 6,503 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,822 ha | 5,107 ha | 8,937 ha | 5 |
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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 sorghum — area harvested in Belize?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Belize was 8,494 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 8,937 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,643 ha in 1991.
- How does Belize rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 65th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.2%. 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 Sorghum — 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.