Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre in Belize
Belize: Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre was 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
155th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 1995
All-time low
0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre in Belize, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Belize stood at 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Belize peaked at 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Belize 155th out of 176 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre in Belize, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | +18.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0123 1000 ha per square kilometre, 18% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Belize's 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0118 1000 ha per square kilometre, 19% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0017 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 152 Guyana 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 153 Dominica 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 154 Samoa 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 156 Canada 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 157 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 158 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Belize?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre in Belize was 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1995.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Belize rank for permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre?
- Belize ranks 155th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — area, per square kilometre rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.