Yams — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Yams — Area harvested was 10 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Belize is 10 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 23.1% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Belize peaked at 48 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 2002.
That places Belize 58th out of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 17 ha | — |
| 1990 | 13 ha | -23.5% |
| 1991 | 48 ha | +269.2% |
| 1992 | 38 ha | -20.8% |
| 1993 | 35 ha | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 11 ha | -68.6% |
| 1995 | 14 ha | +27.3% |
| 1996 | 4 ha | -71.4% |
| 1997 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11 ha | +175.0% |
| 1999 | 11 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5 ha | -54.5% |
| 2001 | 7 ha | +40.0% |
| 2002 | 3 ha | -57.1% |
| 2003 | 8 ha | +166.7% |
| 2004 | 6 ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 9 ha | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 6 ha | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 7 ha | +16.7% |
| 2011 | 9 ha | +28.6% |
| 2012 | 4 ha | -55.6% |
| 2013 | 10 ha | +150.0% |
| 2014 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 ha | -66.7% |
| 2017 | 7 ha | +133.3% |
| 2018 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14 ha | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 16 ha | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 18 ha | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 11 ha | -38.9% |
| 2023 | 13 ha | +18.2% |
| 2024 | 10 ha | -23.1% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 10 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 1% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Belize's 10 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 4% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +269.2% | 13 ha | 48 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17 ha | 17 ha | 17 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 18.9 ha | 4 ha | 48 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.2 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.9 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.6 ha | 10 ha | 18 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 55 Saint Lucia 20 ha compare
- 56 Grenada 18 ha compare
- 57 Bhutan 17 ha compare
- 59 French Polynesia 9 ha compare
- 60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 ha compare
- 61 Trinidad and Tobago 1 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 yams — area harvested in Belize?
- Yams — area harvested in Belize was 10 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 48 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 2002.
- How does Belize rank for yams — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 58th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. 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 Yams — 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.