Life expectancy
73.7 · 2024
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Belize
$7,681GDP per capita · 2024
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
417.1K · 2024
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Population growth
1.4% · 2024
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Urban population
41.8% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
0.9 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
-1.6% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
-3.5% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
61.0% · 2014
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Government gross debt
67.9% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
8.9% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
2.6% · 2025
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Output & growth
GDP
$3.2B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$3.3B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 6.3B · 2025
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GDP growth
3.5% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$7,681 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$7,968 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$7,150 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
2.7% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
3.3% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
1.1% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
39.9 · 2018
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Internet users
80.0% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
55.2% · 2024
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Imports
53.7% · 2024
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Trade
109.0% · 2024
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