Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Belize

Belize: Rice — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0077 ha per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.0077 ha per person
Change on year
up 6.5%
World rank
42nd
of 120 countries
All-time high
0.0341 ha per person
in 1975
All-time low
0.0063 ha per person
in 2019
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Belize, 1961–2023

0.010.020.03196119922023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.

Analysis

Belize recorded 0.0077 ha per person for rice — area harvested, per capita in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per capita in Belize peaked at 0.0341 ha per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.0063 ha per person, in 2019.

That places Belize 42nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Belize, year by year

Annual values for Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Belize, 1961 to 2023.
Year ha per person Change
1961 0.0125 ha per person
1962 0.0118 ha per person -5.2%
1963 0.0128 ha per person +8.5%
1964 0.0171 ha per person +33.0%
1965 0.0247 ha per person +44.5%
1966 0.0172 ha per person -30.4%
1967 0.0187 ha per person +8.6%
1968 0.0156 ha per person -16.4%
1969 0.0143 ha per person -8.6%
1970 0.0147 ha per person +3.1%
1971 0.0253 ha per person +72.3%
1972 0.027 ha per person +6.7%
1973 0.0255 ha per person -5.6%
1974 0.0317 ha per person +24.3%
1975 0.0341 ha per person +7.7%
1976 0.0322 ha per person -5.6%
1977 0.0253 ha per person -21.5%
1978 0.019 ha per person -25.1%
1979 0.0197 ha per person +3.9%
1980 0.0226 ha per person +14.7%
1981 0.0267 ha per person +18.1%
1982 0.0219 ha per person -17.9%
1983 0.0152 ha per person -30.8%
1984 0.0157 ha per person +3.9%
1985 0.015 ha per person -4.9%
1986 0.0091 ha per person -39.0%
1987 0.0105 ha per person +15.0%
1988 0.0114 ha per person +8.7%
1989 0.0232 ha per person +103.5%
1990 0.0175 ha per person -24.8%
1991 0.0199 ha per person +13.6%
1992 0.0154 ha per person -22.6%
1993 0.0229 ha per person +48.7%
1994 0.0213 ha per person -6.9%
1995 0.0242 ha per person +13.5%
1996 0.0276 ha per person +14.1%
1997 0.0287 ha per person +4.3%
1998 0.0232 ha per person -19.3%
1999 0.0198 ha per person -14.8%
2000 0.015 ha per person -23.8%
2001 0.0162 ha per person +7.6%
2002 0.0186 ha per person +15.2%
2003 0.0172 ha per person -7.8%
2004 0.0115 ha per person -32.8%
2005 0.0135 ha per person +17.1%
2006 0.0101 ha per person -25.1%
2007 0.0125 ha per person +23.9%
2008 0.0111 ha per person -11.2%
2009 0.0146 ha per person +31.5%
2010 0.0144 ha per person -1.8%
2011 0.0136 ha per person -5.4%
2012 0.0081 ha per person -40.4%
2013 0.0115 ha per person +41.8%
2014 0.0101 ha per person -12.4%
2015 0.0084 ha per person -16.7%
2016 0.0093 ha per person +11.1%
2017 0.0106 ha per person +14.4%
2018 0.0071 ha per person -32.8%
2019 0.0063 ha per person -12.4%
2020 0.0079 ha per person +25.8%
2021 0.0067 ha per person -15.2%
2022 0.0072 ha per person +7.9%
2023 0.0077 ha per person +6.5%

Belize compared with similar countries

  • Belize's 0.0077 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0038 ha per person, 2.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
  • Belize's 0.0077 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0045 ha per person, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0161 ha per person 0.0118 ha per person 0.0247 ha per person 9
1970s 0.0255 ha per person 0.0147 ha per person 0.0341 ha per person 10
1980s 0.0171 ha per person 0.0091 ha per person 0.0267 ha per person 10
1990s 0.022 ha per person 0.0154 ha per person 0.0287 ha per person 10
2000s 0.0141 ha per person 0.0101 ha per person 0.0186 ha per person 10
2010s 0.0099 ha per person 0.0063 ha per person 0.0144 ha per person 10
2020s 0.0074 ha per person 0.0067 ha per person 0.0079 ha per person 4

Countries ranked near Belize

  1. 39 Benin 0.0094 ha per person compare
  2. 40 Burkina Faso 0.0092 ha per person compare
  3. 41 Chad 0.0091 ha per person compare
  4. 43 Central African Republic 0.0074 ha per person compare
  5. 44 Brazil 0.007 ha per person compare
  6. 45 Egypt 0.0056 ha per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rice — area harvested, per capita in Belize?
Rice — area harvested, per capita in Belize was 0.0077 ha per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Belize?
The highest recorded value was 0.0341 ha per person in 1975.
What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Belize?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0063 ha per person in 2019.
How does Belize rank for rice — area harvested, per capita?
Belize ranks 42nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
Is rice — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Belize?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belize data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Rice — Area harvested ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Rice — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
122 places, 6,272 data points, 1961–2023
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Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.