Sorghum — Yield in Belize
Belize: Sorghum — Yield was 2,835 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Belize recorded 2,835 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 15.7% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Belize peaked at 3,783 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1,746 kg/ha, in 2009.
Belize ranks 31st of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2,770 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 3,701 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1991 | 3,290 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 2,739 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 2,706 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 2,699 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,914 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 3,506 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1997 | 3,087 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1998 | 3,083 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 3,196 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 3,161 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 3,760 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2002 | 3,051 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 3,783 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2004 | 2,232 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2005 | 2,117 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 2,070 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 2,379 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 1,982 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,746 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 3,260 kg/ha | +86.7% |
| 2011 | 1,929 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2012 | 2,435 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2013 | 3,183 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2014 | 2,356 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 2015 | 2,207 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 2,783 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2017 | 2,304 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 2,440 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 2,442 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,718 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 2,522 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 3,364 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2023 | 3,363 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,835 kg/ha | -15.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 2,835 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Belize's 2,835 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,770 kg/ha | 2,770 kg/ha | 2,770 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 3,092 kg/ha | 2,699 kg/ha | 3,701 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,628 kg/ha | 1,746 kg/ha | 3,783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,534 kg/ha | 1,929 kg/ha | 3,260 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,960 kg/ha | 2,522 kg/ha | 3,364 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 29 Tajikistan 3,113 kg/ha compare
- 30 Brazil 3,000 kg/ha compare
- 32 Iraq 2,803 kg/ha compare
- 33 Saudi Arabia 2,783 kg/ha compare
- 34 Ukraine 2,596 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Belize?
- Sorghum — yield in Belize was 2,835 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 3,783 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,746 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Belize rank for sorghum — yield?
- Belize ranks 31st out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. 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 Sorghum — 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.