Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Belize
Belize: Fuelwood — Energy consumption was 319.73 TJ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Belize, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Belize recorded 319.73 TJ for fuelwood — energy consumption in 2024.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fuelwood — energy consumption in Belize peaked at 1,123 TJ in 1990 and was at its lowest, 188.18 TJ, in 2022.
Belize ranks 149th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Fuelwood — Energy consumption in Belize, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,123 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 1,123 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,122 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,122 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,122 TJ | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,121 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,120 TJ | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,120 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,119 TJ | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,119 TJ | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,117 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 415.98 TJ | -62.8% |
| 2002 | 427 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 438.32 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 449.94 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 461.86 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 474.1 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 486.66 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 499.56 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 512.79 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 526.39 TJ | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 528.78 TJ | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 530.96 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 532.92 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 584.44 TJ | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 606.71 TJ | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 637.68 TJ | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 654.4 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 633.7 TJ | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 650.26 TJ | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 330.13 TJ | -49.2% |
| 2021 | 654.18 TJ | +98.2% |
| 2022 | 188.18 TJ | -71.2% |
| 2023 | 309.33 TJ | +64.4% |
| 2024 | 319.73 TJ | +3.4% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 319.73 TJ is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,849 TJ, 5% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Belize's 319.73 TJ is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 741.27 TJ, 43% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fuelwood — Energy consumption 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +98.2% | 330.13 TJ | 654.18 TJ |
| 2022 | -71.2% | 654.18 TJ | 188.18 TJ |
| 2001 | -62.8% | 1,117 TJ | 415.98 TJ |
| 2023 | +64.4% | 188.18 TJ | 309.33 TJ |
| 2020 | -49.2% | 650.26 TJ | 330.13 TJ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,121 TJ | 1,119 TJ | 1,123 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 528.32 TJ | 415.98 TJ | 1,117 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 588.62 TJ | 526.39 TJ | 654.4 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 360.31 TJ | 188.18 TJ | 654.18 TJ | 5 |
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More environment data for Belize
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.287 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0489 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fuelwood — energy consumption in Belize?
- Fuelwood — energy consumption in Belize was 319.73 TJ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1,123 TJ in 1990.
- What is the lowest fuelwood — energy consumption recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 188.18 TJ in 2022.
- How does Belize rank for fuelwood — energy consumption?
- Belize ranks 149th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fuelwood — energy consumption rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fuelwood — Energy consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Bioenergy contains data on bioenergy use and bioenergy production, covering the following items: i) animal waste, ii) bagasse, iii) bio jet kerosene, iv) biodiesel, v) biogases, vi) biogasoline, vii) black liquor, viii) charcoal, ix) fuelwood, x) other liquid biofuels, xi) other vegetal material and residues.