Belize - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Belize was 70,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70,000 in 2009 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.

See also:

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 70,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Belize was 0.21 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.38 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.21 in 2009.

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 0.38
1962 0.37
1963 0.37
1964 0.35
1965 0.34
1966 0.34
1967 0.34
1968 0.33
1969 0.33
1970 0.33
1971 0.33
1972 0.32
1973 0.33
1974 0.32
1975 0.33
1976 0.32
1977 0.32
1978 0.31
1979 0.30
1980 0.31
1981 0.31
1982 0.30
1983 0.29
1984 0.28
1985 0.26
1986 0.26
1987 0.28
1988 0.28
1989 0.28
1990 0.28
1991 0.28
1992 0.28
1993 0.29
1994 0.28
1995 0.29
1996 0.28
1997 0.28
1998 0.27
1999 0.26
2000 0.26
2001 0.25
2002 0.26
2003 0.26
2004 0.25
2005 0.24
2006 0.23
2007 0.22
2008 0.22
2009 0.21

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Belize was 3.07 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 3.07 in 2009, 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 3.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use