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Human development index — Belize

Human development index in Belize in 2023 — 0.721 index. Ranked 115 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 16.9%.

2023 0.721 index +0.56% vs 2022
World rank 115of 193
Period maximum 0.727 index2010
Period minimum 0.617 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Belize, 1990–20230.60.650.70.751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.617 index1991: 0.626 index1992: 0.634 index1993: 0.64 index1994: 0.643 index1995: 0.647 index1996: 0.65 index1997: 0.654 index1998: 0.657 index1999: 0.664 index2000: 0.671 index2001: 0.676 index2002: 0.686 index2003: 0.696 index2004: 0.703 index2005: 0.7 index2006: 0.713 index2007: 0.718 index2008: 0.72 index2009: 0.724 index2010: 0.727 index2011: 0.725 index2012: 0.727 index2013: 0.724 index2014: 0.721 index2015: 0.721 index2016: 0.727 index2017: 0.722 index2018: 0.723 index2019: 0.725 index2020: 0.713 index2021: 0.713 index2022: 0.717 index2023: 0.721 index
Change over the period: +0.104 (+16.86%) Average annual rate: 0.47 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belize

Belize 0.721 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Central America computed 0.763 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.721 +0.004 +0.56%
2022 0.717 +0.004 +0.56%
2021 0.713 +0 +0%
2020 0.713 −0.012 −1.66%
2019 0.725 +0.002 +0.28%
2018 0.723 +0.001 +0.14%
2017 0.722 −0.005 −0.69%
2016 0.727 +0.006 +0.83%
2015 0.721 +0 +0%
2014 0.721 −0.003 −0.41%
2013 0.724 −0.003 −0.41%
2012 0.727 +0.002 +0.28%
2011 0.725 −0.002 −0.28%
2010 0.727 +0.003 +0.41%
2009 0.724 +0.004 +0.56%
2008 0.72 +0.002 +0.28%
2007 0.718 +0.005 +0.7%
2006 0.713 +0.013 +1.86%
2005 0.7 −0.003 −0.43%
2004 0.703 +0.007 +1.01%
2003 0.696 +0.01 +1.46%
2002 0.686 +0.01 +1.48%
2001 0.676 +0.005 +0.75%
2000 0.671 +0.007 +1.05%
1999 0.664 +0.007 +1.07%
1998 0.657 +0.003 +0.46%
1997 0.654 +0.004 +0.62%
1996 0.65 +0.003 +0.46%
1995 0.647 +0.004 +0.62%
1994 0.643 +0.003 +0.47%
1993 0.64 +0.006 +0.95%
1992 0.634 +0.008 +1.28%
1991 0.626 +0.009 +1.46%
1990 0.617 — —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PA Panama 0.839 CR Costa Rica 0.833 MX Mexico 0.789 BZ Belize 0.721 NI Nicaragua 0.706 SV El Salvador 0.678 GT Guatemala 0.662 HN Honduras 0.645
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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