Sugar cane — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 41,600 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Belize stood at 41,600 ha.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Belize peaked at 41,845 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,320 ha, in 1962.
Belize ranks 38th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,405 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,320 ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 4,867 ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 5,746 ha | +18.1% |
| 1965 | 6,273 ha | +9.2% |
| 1966 | 7,365 ha | +17.4% |
| 1967 | 11,350 ha | +54.1% |
| 1968 | 15,742 ha | +38.7% |
| 1969 | 12,089 ha | -23.2% |
| 1970 | 12,059 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 11,974 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 13,509 ha | +12.8% |
| 1973 | 13,278 ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 16,673 ha | +25.6% |
| 1975 | 20,234 ha | +21.4% |
| 1976 | 21,448 ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 21,756 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 23,640 ha | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 24,192 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 24,281 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 24,281 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 24,685 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 23,998 ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 23,876 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 23,471 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 23,077 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 23,077 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 22,662 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 23,674 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 23,674 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 24,291 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 23,077 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 23,211 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 23,211 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 24,089 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 23,207 ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 24,696 ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 25,155 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 23,517 ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 24,291 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 26,316 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 24,291 ha | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 24,291 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 27,126 ha | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 29,960 ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 33,964 ha | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 37,247 ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 40,157 ha | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 40,486 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 39,960 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 41,845 ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 41,333 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 39,121 ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 41,600 ha | +6.3% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 41,600 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 54% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Belize's 41,600 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +54.1% | 7,365 ha | 11,350 ha |
| 1968 | +38.7% | 11,350 ha | 15,742 ha |
| 1974 | +25.6% | 13,278 ha | 16,673 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,017 ha | 4,320 ha | 15,742 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,876 ha | 11,974 ha | 24,192 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,708 ha | 22,662 ha | 24,685 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,108 ha | 23,077 ha | 24,291 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,198 ha | 23,207 ha | 26,316 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,610 ha | 24,291 ha | 40,486 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,772 ha | 39,121 ha | 41,845 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Belize?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Belize was 41,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 41,845 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,320 ha in 1962.
- How does Belize rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 38th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.