FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Belize

According to FAOSTAT, Belize produced 145,751 t of cereals, 13,003 t of vegetables, 121,650 t of fruit, 28,602 t of meat and 5,186 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (1.7 million t), maize (104,890 t) and bananas (85,072 t).

Products recorded: 63
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 0; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in soybeans (+581%), followed by sorghum (+165%).

Livestock numbers: 99,019 cattle, 13,892 pigs, 16,798 sheep and 193 goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All sugar crops	1,669,432	62	0.07%	+38%
All cereals	145,751	135	0%	+54%
All fruit	121,650	132	0.01%	−64%
All meat	28,602	155	0.01%	+38%
All citrus fruit	14,377	98	0.01%	−93%
All vegetables	13,003	167	0%	+0.4%
All pulses	6,265	133	0.01%	−33%
All milk	5,186	161	0%	+11%
All eggs	3,157	133	0%	+29%
All roots and tubers	2,298	177	0%	−6.9%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Sugar cane	1,669,432	45	0.09%	+38%
Raw sugar	146,402	64	0.08%	+24%
Maize	104,890	102	0.01%	+52%
Bananas	85,072	62	0.06%	−19%
Molasses	54,788	60	0.07%	+59%
Soybeans	26,404	59	0.01%	+581%
Sorghum	24,084	64	0.04%	+165%
Chicken meat	23,663	123	0.02%	+35%
Rice (paddy)	16,777	93	0%	+3.2%
Beer	14,244	146	0.01%	+26%
Oranges	12,894	75	0.02%	−92%
Plantains	6,592	40	0.01%	+62%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	6,427	93	0.02%	+4.8%
Cow milk	5,186	159	0%	+11%
Beans, dry	5,170	77	0.02%	−29%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	4,804	146	0%	+9.2%
Soya bean oil	3,978	78	0.01%	+772%
Pineapples	3,320	66	0.01%	+138%
Watermelons	3,292	97	0%	+141%
Hen eggs	3,157	131	0%	+29%
Peas, green	2,592	58	0.01%	+14%
Coconuts, in shell	2,543	70	0%	+181%
Pork (pig meat)	2,349	126	0%	+71%
Beef (cattle meat)	2,143	152	0%	+38%
Papayas	1,764	53	0.01%	−94%
Grapefruit and pomelos	1,483	56	0.02%	−93%
Spring onions and shallots	1,447	35	0.03%	+67%
Potatoes	1,395	142	0%	+29%
Tomatoes	1,326	144	0%	+11%
Cabbages	1,102	125	0%	−38%
Peas, dry	1,095	76	0.01%	−46%
Melons	767	83	0%	+418%
Carrots and turnips	612	116	0%	+35%
Cassava	440	85	0%	−53%
Cucumbers	415	126	0%	+37%
Chillies and peppers, green	369	116	0%	−64%
Turkey meat	304	45	0.01%	+36%
Fat of pigs	272	90	0%	+71%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	263	96	0%	+141%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	262	129	0%	+38%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	249	129	0%	+38%
Cocoa beans	225	46	0%	+200%
Other beans, green	218	99	0%	−22%
Sweet potatoes	207	104	0%	+214%
Other starchy roots and tubers	193	55	0%	+4.9%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	136	100	0%	+72%
Sheep meat	127	147	0%	+354%
Pumpkins and squash	105	123	0%	−68%
Coffee, green	90	67	0%	+2.3%
Ginger	70	38	0%	—
Honey	57	113	0%	+97%
Cattle fat, unrendered	48	131	0%	+37%
Yams	44	57	0%	−58%
Mangoes and guavas	39	99	0%	+30%
Tea, packed	34	106	0%	—
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	24	121	0%	+380%
Yautia	19	13	0%	−83%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	17	127	0%	+325%
Duck meat	15	68	0%	+7.1%
Okra	14	55	0%	−71%
Sheep fat, unrendered	4	121	0%	+300%
Buttermilk, dry	2	134	0%	—
Goat meat	1	169	0%	0.0%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	1,723,000	146	0.01%	+7.7%
Cattle	99,019	146	0.01%	+4.4%
Turkeys	57,000	54	0.02%	+24%
Sheep	16,798	149	0%	+28%
Pigs	13,892	147	0%	−38%
Ducks	12,000	71	0%	0.0%
Horses	6,122	98	0.01%	+6.5%
Mules and hinnies	4,534	35	0.06%	−1.4%
Bees	2,029	92	0%	−3.4%
Goats	193	181	0%	+7.2%

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.