Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 32 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Belize stood at 32 ha.
That represents a change of down 15.8% on the previous year and up 255.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Belize peaked at 74 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 2012.
That places Belize 99th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 47 ha | — |
| 1990 | 56 ha | +19.1% |
| 1991 | 69 ha | +23.2% |
| 1992 | 74 ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 70 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 20 ha | -71.4% |
| 1995 | 24 ha | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 23 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 17 ha | -26.1% |
| 1998 | 28 ha | +64.7% |
| 1999 | 25 ha | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 33 ha | +32.0% |
| 2001 | 38 ha | +15.2% |
| 2002 | 19 ha | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 24 ha | +26.3% |
| 2004 | 15 ha | -37.5% |
| 2005 | 9 ha | -40.0% |
| 2006 | 6 ha | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 3 ha | -50.0% |
| 2008 | 7 ha | +133.3% |
| 2009 | 4 ha | -42.9% |
| 2010 | 13 ha | +225.0% |
| 2011 | 4 ha | -69.2% |
| 2012 | 2 ha | -50.0% |
| 2013 | 14 ha | +600.0% |
| 2014 | 9 ha | -35.7% |
| 2015 | 15 ha | +66.7% |
| 2016 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 28 ha | +55.6% |
| 2021 | 49 ha | +75.0% |
| 2022 | 48 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 38 ha | -20.8% |
| 2024 | 32 ha | -15.8% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 32 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Belize's 32 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 6% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +600.0% | 2 ha | 14 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47 ha | 47 ha | 47 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 40.6 ha | 17 ha | 74 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.8 ha | 3 ha | 38 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.5 ha | 2 ha | 20 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39 ha | 28 ha | 49 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 96 Brunei Darussalam 35 ha compare
- 96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35 ha compare
- 98 Réunion 33 ha compare
- 100 Antigua and Barbuda 31 ha compare
- 101 Puerto Rico 29 ha compare
- 102 Bhutan 23 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Belize?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Belize was 32 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 74 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 2012.
- How does Belize rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 99th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 255.6%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.