How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Belize
Belize: How have things changed?, per square kilometre was 8.68 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
8.68 metric tons per square kilometre
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
26th
of 215 countries
All-time high
17.86 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2010
All-time low
0.0351 metric tons per square kilometre
in 1965
Years of data
59
1965–2023
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Belize, 1965–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
Belize recorded 8.68 metric tons per square kilometre for how have things changed?, per square kilometre in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 372.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Belize peaked at 17.86 metric tons per square kilometre in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0351 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1965.
Belize ranks 26th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Belize, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0351 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0.0395 metric tons per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 0.057 metric tons per square kilometre | +44.4% |
| 1968 | 0.057 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0701 metric tons per square kilometre | +23.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0658 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0789 metric tons per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0833 metric tons per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0701 metric tons per square kilometre | -15.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0709 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0703 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0707 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1351 metric tons per square kilometre | +91.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1231 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 1979 | 0.112 metric tons per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0906 metric tons per square kilometre | -19.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0987 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1003 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1158 metric tons per square kilometre | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1171 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1064 metric tons per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0816 metric tons per square kilometre | -23.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0903 metric tons per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0943 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 0.1014 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0935 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1174 metric tons per square kilometre | +25.7% |
| 1992 | 0.119 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.2005 metric tons per square kilometre | +68.4% |
| 1994 | 0.365 metric tons per square kilometre | +82.1% |
| 1995 | 0.4677 metric tons per square kilometre | +28.1% |
| 1996 | 0.5775 metric tons per square kilometre | +23.5% |
| 1997 | 1.15 metric tons per square kilometre | +98.8% |
| 1998 | 1.24 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 2.41 metric tons per square kilometre | +94.7% |
| 2000 | 1.49 metric tons per square kilometre | -38.3% |
| 2001 | 1.54 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 3.89 metric tons per square kilometre | +152.1% |
| 2003 | 2.35 metric tons per square kilometre | -39.7% |
| 2004 | 3.57 metric tons per square kilometre | +52.2% |
| 2005 | 4.89 metric tons per square kilometre | +37.0% |
| 2006 | 8.48 metric tons per square kilometre | +73.3% |
| 2007 | 13.54 metric tons per square kilometre | +59.7% |
| 2008 | 16.17 metric tons per square kilometre | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 13.59 metric tons per square kilometre | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 17.86 metric tons per square kilometre | +31.4% |
| 2011 | 12.39 metric tons per square kilometre | -30.6% |
| 2012 | 7.8 metric tons per square kilometre | -37.1% |
| 2013 | 1.84 metric tons per square kilometre | -76.5% |
| 2014 | 3.66 metric tons per square kilometre | +99.3% |
| 2015 | 4.46 metric tons per square kilometre | +22.0% |
| 2016 | 4.06 metric tons per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 5.38 metric tons per square kilometre | +32.5% |
| 2018 | 9.47 metric tons per square kilometre | +76.1% |
| 2019 | 9.34 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 8.14 metric tons per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 8.33 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 8.91 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 8.68 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.7% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 8.68 metric tons per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8393 metric tons per square kilometre, 10.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Belize's 8.68 metric tons per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.1 metric tons per square kilometre, 7.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +152.1% | 1.54 metric tons per square kilometre | 3.89 metric tons per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0517 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0351 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0701 metric tons per square kilometre | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.088 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0658 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1351 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0996 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0816 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1171 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6738 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0935 metric tons per square kilometre | 2.41 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.95 metric tons per square kilometre | 1.49 metric tons per square kilometre | 16.17 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.62 metric tons per square kilometre | 1.84 metric tons per square kilometre | 17.86 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.52 metric tons per square kilometre | 8.14 metric tons per square kilometre | 8.91 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 23 Japan 10.6 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 24 China 9.75 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 25 Netherlands 9.18 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 27 Ecuador 7.78 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 7.52 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 29 Antigua and Barbuda 7.47 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Belize
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0337 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0041 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0813 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0206 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1856 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.399 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0225 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Belize?
- How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Belize was 8.68 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 17.86 metric tons per square kilometre in 2010.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0351 metric tons per square kilometre in 1965.
- How does Belize rank for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
- Belize ranks 26th out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is how have things changed?, per square kilometre rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 372.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
How have things changed? 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.
How have things changed? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- 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
How have things changed? 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.