Sweet potatoes — Production in Belize
Belize: Sweet potatoes — Production was 207 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Belize stood at 207 t.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 213.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Belize peaked at 659 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 18 t, in 2012.
That places Belize 103rd 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 — Production in Belize, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 427 t | — |
| 1990 | 609 t | +42.6% |
| 1991 | 315 t | -48.3% |
| 1992 | 550 t | +74.6% |
| 1993 | 659 t | +19.8% |
| 1994 | 194 t | -70.6% |
| 1995 | 189 t | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 173 t | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 91 t | -47.4% |
| 1998 | 173 t | +90.1% |
| 1999 | 107 t | -38.2% |
| 2000 | 261 t | +143.9% |
| 2001 | 295 t | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 152 t | -48.5% |
| 2003 | 181 t | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 98 t | -45.9% |
| 2005 | 75 t | -23.5% |
| 2006 | 64 t | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 23 t | -64.1% |
| 2008 | 63 t | +173.9% |
| 2009 | 32 t | -49.2% |
| 2010 | 103.39 t | +223.1% |
| 2011 | 37 t | -64.2% |
| 2012 | 18 t | -51.4% |
| 2013 | 108 t | +500.0% |
| 2014 | 66 t | -38.9% |
| 2015 | 123 t | +86.4% |
| 2016 | 110 t | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 97 t | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 150 t | +54.6% |
| 2019 | 86 t | -42.7% |
| 2020 | 136 t | +58.1% |
| 2021 | 250 t | +83.8% |
| 2022 | 231 t | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 210 t | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 207 t | -1.4% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 207 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31,278 t, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Belize's 207 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,282 t, 6% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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 | +500.0% | 18 t | 108 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 427 t | 427 t | 427 t | 1 |
| 1990s | 306 t | 91 t | 659 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 124.4 t | 23 t | 295 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.84 t | 18 t | 150 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 206.8 t | 136 t | 250 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 100 Puerto Rico 267.07 t compare
- 101 Panama 260.03 t compare
- 102 Niue 251.87 t compare
- 104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 176.94 t compare
- 105 Antigua and Barbuda 151.05 t compare
- 106 French Polynesia 143.42 t 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 — production in Belize?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Belize was 207 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 659 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 t in 2012.
- How does Belize rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Belize ranks 103rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 213.6%. 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 — Production. 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.