Yams — Yield in Belize
Belize: Yams — Yield was 4,400 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Yield in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Belize stood at 4,400 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.4% on the previous year and down 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Belize peaked at 20,474 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,729 kg/ha, in 1991.
Belize ranks 49th of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Yield in Belize, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 11,824 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 7,615 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 1991 | 1,729 kg/ha | -77.3% |
| 1992 | 20,474 kg/ha | +1084.0% |
| 1993 | 20,400 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 9,636 kg/ha | -52.8% |
| 1995 | 8,786 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 12,000 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1997 | 3,500 kg/ha | -70.8% |
| 1998 | 6,546 kg/ha | +87.0% |
| 1999 | 2,727 kg/ha | -58.3% |
| 2000 | 2,200 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2001 | 1,857 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2002 | 5,708 kg/ha | +207.4% |
| 2003 | 4,625 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2004 | 4,333 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 13,778 kg/ha | +218.0% |
| 2006 | 10,778 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2007 | 11,100 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 10,111 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 10,833 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 11,571 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 10,556 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 11,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 11,500 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 11,685 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 9,222 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2016 | 9,667 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 5,286 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 2018 | 5,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4,214 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2020 | 6,812 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 2021 | 6,037 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 4,364 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2023 | 3,846 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2024 | 4,400 kg/ha | +14.4% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 4,400 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Belize's 4,400 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +1084.0% | 1,729 kg/ha | 20,474 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +218.0% | 4,333 kg/ha | 13,778 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +207.4% | 1,857 kg/ha | 5,708 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11,824 kg/ha | 11,824 kg/ha | 11,824 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 9,341 kg/ha | 1,729 kg/ha | 20,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,532 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha | 13,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,999 kg/ha | 4,214 kg/ha | 11,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,092 kg/ha | 3,846 kg/ha | 6,812 kg/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 yams — yield in Belize?
- Yams — yield in Belize was 4,400 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 20,474 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,729 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Belize rank for yams — yield?
- Belize ranks 49th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.3%. 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 — Yield. 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.