Soya beans — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Soya beans — Area harvested was 16,310 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Belize stood at 16,310 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 435.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Belize peaked at 16,591 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18 ha, in 2008.
That places Belize 57th out of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 59 ha | — |
| 1990 | 81 ha | +37.3% |
| 1991 | 177 ha | +118.5% |
| 1992 | 29 ha | -83.6% |
| 1993 | 145 ha | +400.0% |
| 1994 | 109 ha | -24.8% |
| 1995 | 115 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 128 ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 536 ha | +318.8% |
| 1998 | 62 ha | -88.4% |
| 1999 | 486 ha | +683.9% |
| 2000 | 246 ha | -49.4% |
| 2001 | 296 ha | +20.3% |
| 2002 | 845 ha | +185.5% |
| 2003 | 1,053 ha | +24.6% |
| 2004 | 243 ha | -76.9% |
| 2005 | 121 ha | -50.2% |
| 2006 | 304 ha | +151.2% |
| 2007 | 197 ha | -35.2% |
| 2008 | 18 ha | -90.9% |
| 2009 | 304 ha | +1588.9% |
| 2010 | 675 ha | +122.0% |
| 2011 | 341 ha | -49.5% |
| 2012 | 613 ha | +79.8% |
| 2013 | 2,623 ha | +327.9% |
| 2014 | 3,045 ha | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 3,809 ha | +25.1% |
| 2016 | 4,204 ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 7,122 ha | +69.4% |
| 2018 | 6,401 ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 7,079 ha | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 10,665 ha | +50.7% |
| 2021 | 11,681 ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 14,621 ha | +25.2% |
| 2023 | 16,591 ha | +13.5% |
| 2024 | 16,310 ha | -1.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 16,310 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Belize's 16,310 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Belize changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +1588.9% | 18 ha | 304 ha |
| 1999 | +683.9% | 62 ha | 486 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59 ha | 59 ha | 59 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 186.8 ha | 29 ha | 536 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 362.7 ha | 18 ha | 1,053 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,591 ha | 341 ha | 7,122 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,974 ha | 10,665 ha | 16,591 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 soya beans — area harvested in Belize?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Belize was 16,310 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 16,591 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 ha in 2008.
- How does Belize rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 57th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 435.6%. 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 Soya beans — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.