Belize - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Belize was 90,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 36,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 36,000
1962 36,000
1963 37,000
1964 37,000
1965 37,000
1966 38,000
1967 38,000
1968 38,000
1969 39,000
1970 39,000
1971 40,000
1972 40,000
1973 41,000
1974 41,000
1975 42,000
1976 42,000
1977 43,000
1978 43,000
1979 43,000
1980 45,000
1981 46,000
1982 46,000
1983 46,000
1984 46,000
1985 43,000
1986 44,000
1987 49,000
1988 50,000
1989 52,000
1990 52,000
1991 54,000
1992 56,000
1993 60,000
1994 60,000
1995 62,000
1996 63,000
1997 64,000
1998 64,000
1999 64,000
2000 64,000
2001 65,000
2002 70,000
2003 70,000
2004 70,000
2005 70,000
2006 70,000
2007 70,000
2008 70,000
2009 73,000
2010 75,000
2011 75,000
2012 78,000
2013 78,000
2014 78,000
2015 88,000
2016 88,000
2017 90,000
2018 90,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Belize was 0.235 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.380 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.221 in 2014.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.380
1962 0.370
1963 0.369
1964 0.359
1965 0.349
1966 0.348
1967 0.337
1968 0.327
1969 0.327
1970 0.319
1971 0.321
1972 0.315
1973 0.317
1974 0.312
1975 0.315
1976 0.311
1977 0.314
1978 0.309
1979 0.304
1980 0.312
1981 0.312
1982 0.304
1983 0.295
1984 0.287
1985 0.261
1986 0.259
1987 0.281
1988 0.279
1989 0.283
1990 0.277
1991 0.283
1992 0.288
1993 0.304
1994 0.298
1995 0.300
1996 0.295
1997 0.289
1998 0.278
1999 0.268
2000 0.259
2001 0.255
2002 0.267
2003 0.260
2004 0.253
2005 0.247
2006 0.240
2007 0.234
2008 0.228
2009 0.232
2010 0.233
2011 0.227
2012 0.231
2013 0.226
2014 0.221
2015 0.244
2016 0.239
2017 0.240
2018 0.235

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Belize was 3.95 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.95 in 2018, while its lowest value was 1.58 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 1.58
1962 1.58
1963 1.62
1964 1.62
1965 1.62
1966 1.67
1967 1.67
1968 1.67
1969 1.71
1970 1.71
1971 1.75
1972 1.75
1973 1.80
1974 1.80
1975 1.84
1976 1.84
1977 1.89
1978 1.89
1979 1.89
1980 1.97
1981 2.02
1982 2.02
1983 2.02
1984 2.02
1985 1.89
1986 1.93
1987 2.15
1988 2.19
1989 2.28
1990 2.28
1991 2.37
1992 2.46
1993 2.63
1994 2.63
1995 2.72
1996 2.76
1997 2.81
1998 2.81
1999 2.81
2000 2.81
2001 2.85
2002 3.07
2003 3.07
2004 3.07
2005 3.07
2006 3.07
2007 3.07
2008 3.07
2009 3.20
2010 3.29
2011 3.29
2012 3.42
2013 3.42
2014 3.42
2015 3.86
2016 3.86
2017 3.95
2018 3.95

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use