Tomatoes — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 59 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Belize is 59 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Belize peaked at 118 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 28 ha, in 2005.
That places Belize 144th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 42 ha | — |
| 1990 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 59 ha | +47.5% |
| 1992 | 59 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 76 ha | +28.8% |
| 1994 | 47 ha | -38.2% |
| 1995 | 52 ha | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 30 ha | -42.3% |
| 1997 | 72 ha | +140.0% |
| 1998 | 71 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 40 ha | -43.7% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | +150.0% |
| 2001 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 63 ha | -33.7% |
| 2003 | 60 ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 34 ha | -43.3% |
| 2005 | 28 ha | -17.6% |
| 2006 | 47 ha | +67.9% |
| 2007 | 36 ha | -23.4% |
| 2008 | 33 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 39 ha | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 55 ha | +41.0% |
| 2011 | 42 ha | -23.6% |
| 2012 | 43 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 45 ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 53 ha | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 57 ha | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 118 ha | +107.0% |
| 2017 | 97 ha | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 83 ha | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 62 ha | -25.3% |
| 2020 | 73 ha | +17.7% |
| 2021 | 55 ha | -24.7% |
| 2022 | 51 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 64 ha | +25.5% |
| 2024 | 59 ha | -7.8% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 59 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 1% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Belize's 59 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 10% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 42 ha | 42 ha | 42 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 54.6 ha | 30 ha | 76 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.5 ha | 28 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.5 ha | 42 ha | 118 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.4 ha | 51 ha | 73 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Belize?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Belize was 59 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 118 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 ha in 2005.
- How does Belize rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 144th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.