Watermelons — Area harvested in Belize
Belize: Watermelons — Area harvested was 168 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Belize, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — area harvested in Belize stood at 168 ha.
That represents a change of up 64.7% on the previous year and up 130.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Belize peaked at 172 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 25 ha, in 1994.
Belize ranks 94th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Belize, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 74 ha | — |
| 1990 | 32 ha | -56.8% |
| 1991 | 115 ha | +259.4% |
| 1992 | 117 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 121 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 25 ha | -79.3% |
| 1995 | 78 ha | +212.0% |
| 1996 | 90 ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 114 ha | +26.7% |
| 1998 | 114 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 78 ha | -31.6% |
| 2000 | 72 ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 76 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 93 ha | +22.4% |
| 2003 | 97 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 78 ha | -19.6% |
| 2005 | 66 ha | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 100 ha | +51.5% |
| 2007 | 71 ha | -29.0% |
| 2008 | 78 ha | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 77 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 73 ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 49 ha | -32.9% |
| 2012 | 56 ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 55 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 73 ha | +32.7% |
| 2015 | 77 ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 148 ha | +92.2% |
| 2017 | 172 ha | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 147 ha | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 121 ha | -17.7% |
| 2020 | 137 ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 115 ha | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 130 ha | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 102 ha | -21.5% |
| 2024 | 168 ha | +64.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 168 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 3% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Belize's 168 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,186 ha, 14% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — 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 | +259.4% | 32 ha | 115 ha |
| 1995 | +212.0% | 25 ha | 78 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74 ha | 74 ha | 74 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 88.4 ha | 25 ha | 121 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.8 ha | 66 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.1 ha | 49 ha | 172 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 130.4 ha | 102 ha | 168 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 91 Guyana 252 ha compare
- 92 New Zealand 228 ha compare
- 93 French Guiana 204 ha compare
- 95 Botswana 150 ha compare
- 96 Trinidad and Tobago 116 ha compare
- 97 Malta 94 ha 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)
- 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 watermelons — area harvested in Belize?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Belize was 168 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 172 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 ha in 1994.
- How does Belize rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Belize ranks 94th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — 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.