Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 2,105 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Belize is 2,105 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Belize peaked at 2,325 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 182 ha, in 1961.
Belize ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 182 ha | — |
| 1962 | 182 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 215 ha | +18.1% |
| 1964 | 215 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 215 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 320 ha | +48.8% |
| 1967 | 650 ha | +103.1% |
| 1968 | 800 ha | +23.1% |
| 1969 | 1,150 ha | +43.8% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | -21.7% |
| 1971 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 740 ha | -22.1% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | -52.7% |
| 1974 | 385 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 385 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 410 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 410 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 415 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 430 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 450 ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 465 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 480 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 480 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 650 ha | +30.0% |
| 1987 | 950 ha | +46.2% |
| 1988 | 850 ha | -10.5% |
| 1989 | 549 ha | -35.4% |
| 1990 | 442 ha | -19.5% |
| 1991 | 540 ha | +22.2% |
| 1992 | 597 ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 639 ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 604 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 541 ha | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 509 ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 586 ha | +15.1% |
| 1998 | 646 ha | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 572 ha | -11.5% |
| 2000 | 869 ha | +51.9% |
| 2001 | 947 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 886 ha | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 907 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 829 ha | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 799 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 959 ha | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 828 ha | -13.7% |
| 2008 | 1,067 ha | +28.9% |
| 2009 | 1,221 ha | +14.4% |
| 2010 | 1,593 ha | +30.5% |
| 2011 | 2,112 ha | +32.6% |
| 2012 | 1,793 ha | -15.1% |
| 2013 | 1,885 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 2,048 ha | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 2,119 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 2,128 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,325 ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 2,152 ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 2,057 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 2,110 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 2,099 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,112 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,100 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,105 ha | +0.2% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 2,105 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 5% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Belize's 2,105 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 29% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 | +103.1% | 320 ha | 650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 436.56 ha | 182 ha | 1,150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 537.5 ha | 350 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 583.4 ha | 450 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 567.6 ha | 442 ha | 646 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 931.2 ha | 799 ha | 1,221 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,021 ha | 1,593 ha | 2,325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,105 ha | 2,099 ha | 2,112 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Belize?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Belize was 2,105 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 2,325 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 182 ha in 1961.
- How does Belize rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.