Belize: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Belize — 263 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
4.38
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.24
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
12.45
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
21,708.45
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
12.26
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
2,676.59
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
22,966.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
122.90
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.19
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
41.48
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
12.13
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.17
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
19.65
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
6.39
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.15
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
7.95
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
55.22
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.24
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
2.62B
GDP (current US$)
2024
3.20B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
3.50
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
6,290.49
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
7,681.24
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
2.02
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
12,621.41
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
14,346.52
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
5.26B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
5.98B
GNI (current US$)
2024
3.07B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
7,150.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
13,760.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
2.98B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
5.74B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
53.75
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
14.57
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
1.40
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
3.29
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.28
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
62.44
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.52
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
108.97
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
8.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2024
4.62
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2022
87.88
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
2.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
96.48
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
86.46
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
82.90
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
74.10
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
94.80
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
99.60
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
99.40
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
99.80
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
59.46
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
280.06M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
92.86
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
8.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
207.43
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.39
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.93
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.19
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.13
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-8.88
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.15
Fish species, threatened
2022
69.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
10.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
105.34
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.52
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.20
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.30
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
117.88
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.12
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
28.65
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
84.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
18.02
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
33.86
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
5.39
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
26.80
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
37.30
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
136.56
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.03
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
2.48
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
28.47
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
55.60
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
46.20
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
7.35
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
38.86
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
1,400.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
18.05
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
27.23
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
15.62
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
53.95
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
3.20
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
4.15
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
4.96
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
14.10
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
2.02
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
1.00
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
88.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
88.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
84.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
16.50
International migrant stock, total
2024
68,706.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
76.66
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
71.08
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
73.74
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.14
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
733.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
67.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
22.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
15.40
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
16.80
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
14.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
41.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
33.80
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
48.00
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.21
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.23
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.20
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
4.30
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
104.82
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
194.66
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
10.80
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.70
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
11.90
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.20
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
12.70
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
11.40
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
13.90
Net migration
2025
360.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
10.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
42.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
77.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
9.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
80.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
5.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
69.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
94.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2022
0.57
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
94.85
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
84.30
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2018
1.09
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
26.58
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
54,117.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
26.19
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
56,734.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
26.96
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
110,851.00
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
68.40
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
141,620.00
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
68.54
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
143,648.00
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
68.26
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
285,268.00
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
5.02
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
10,893.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
5.27
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
10,060.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
4.78
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
20,953.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
1.44
Population, female
2024
206,630.00
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
49.54
Population, male
2024
210,442.00
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
50.46
Population, total
2024
417,072.00
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
20.20
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
21.10
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
26.80
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
21.30
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.40
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
5.40
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.10
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
9.70
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
12.50
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
104.00
Rural population
2024
242,931.00
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
58.25
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
1.77
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.05
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
4.18
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.48
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
6.84
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
83.30
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
70.95
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
3.67
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
1.48
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
5.85
UHC service coverage index
2023
70.00
Urban population
2024
174,141.00
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
41.75
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
0.98
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
16.13
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
6.79
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
21.67
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
46.47
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
71.64
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
8.86
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (2)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
4.01
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
128.46M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
0.00
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
482.00M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
252.98M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.05
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
75.32
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.09
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
24.46
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2022
0.00
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.10
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.02
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.23
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
24.46
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
1.46B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
1.33B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.36
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
54.97
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
18.44
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.36
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
24.64
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.04
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.34
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.20
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
20.39
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
24.64
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
60.46
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
1.08
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
47.22M
Real interest rate (%)
2024
6.92
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.