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Belize — statistics

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313 indicators Region: Latin America & Caribbean Subregion: Central America Income group: Upper middle income ISO: BLZ
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 422,924 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 73.7 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 2.02 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 18.1 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 5 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.39 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 41.6 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 175,776 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 58.4 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 18 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 5.2 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 26.3 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 46 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 360 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 49.56 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 213,334 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 209,590 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 111,102 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 289,711 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 22,110 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 71.08 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 76.66 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 55.6 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 51.4 2016 UN DESA
Rural population people 247,148 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 34 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.2 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 3,900 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.75 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 200 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 140 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 2 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 0 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 15.4 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 10.8 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 12.7 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 67 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 4.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 54 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 27.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 15.6 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 22.6 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 70 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 41 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 4.3 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.21 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 63.8 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 194.7 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 104.8 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 3.33B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 7,865 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 2.75 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 6.33B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 14,966 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 7,530 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 1.06 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 1.06 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 14.6 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 6.6 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 7.9 2024 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 62.4 2024 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 64.3 2024 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 15.9 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 19.8 2024 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 4.1 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 2 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 17,634 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 1.3 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 2.7B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 6,374 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 1.33 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.003 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 3.16B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 467M 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 211M 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 255M 2024 World Bank
Services value added US$ 2B 2024 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 2.06B 2024 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 511M 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 634M 2024 World Bank
Gross national savings % 20.3 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 127.08 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 1.3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 8,903 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 6.02B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 1.051 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 60 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 21.35 2017 World Bank
Government revenue % 23.81 2017 World Bank
Government expense % 22.34 2017 World Bank
Budget balance % -1.1 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 1.56B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 240,004 2025 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 1.4M 2025 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 0.01 2025 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 13.01 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 3,710 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 160,169 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 3,857 2023 FAO
Food production index index 102.3 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 117.4 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 7.98 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 4.38 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.2432 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 337.5 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 1,820 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 100,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 41,522 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 98.4 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 54.52 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 12,436 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 26.8 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 0.66 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 16.8 2023 WHO
Land area km² 22,810 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 22,966 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 15 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 37,891 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 15.7 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 33.86 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 30.8 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.014 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 34.5 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.004 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0.8 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 776,198 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 93,784 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 3.4 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 21,279 2023 UNCTAD
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 80.01 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 67.2 2022 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 9.75 2022 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 4.42 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 464,560 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 10.16 2025 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 123M 2025 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 270,536 2022 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 39,282 2022 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.721 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.981 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.428 2023 UNDP

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Central America