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Key facts

  • Currency: Belize dollar
  • Capital city: Belmopan
  • Region: Central America
  • Continent: Americas
  • Land area: 22,810 km²
  • Population: 405,272
  • Political Leader: Dean Barrow (Prime Minister)

Latest news

Former landlord killed Italian-Dutch woman and young girl in Belize; Fundraiser started

Read: NL Times

2024-03-19

Belmopan, Belize's Capital, Is a City of Brutalist Calm

Read: The New York Times

2024-02-28

Becoming a Composer by Errollyn Wallen review - from Belize to the Proms

Read: The Guardian

2023-12-22

Belize joins diplomatic backlash against Israel over Gaza bombardment

Read: Al Jazeera

2023-11-15

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 61.41 % of GDP
Expense 22.34 % of GDP
GDP 2,830,510,000.00 current US$
Inflation 6.28 annual %
Self-employed 32.63 % of total employment
Tax revenue 21.34 % of GDP
Unemployment 8.67 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 25.39 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 1,820.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 687.60 kt
Fertility rate 2.01 births per woman
Forest area 12,658 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.00 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -344.11 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 21.60 years
Methane emissions 514.04 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 205.41 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 201,525
Male Population 203,747
Renewable energy consumption 31.35 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 21,708.40 km²
Rural population 217,242
Urban land area 122.90 km²
Urban population 188,030
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 28.47 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 17.98 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.35 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 277.99 current US$
Health expenditure 6.92 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.42 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.04 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 70 years
Suicide mortality rate 7.10 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 97.69 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 61.99 % of population
Net migration 600
Press freedom 2.84


Politics

Armed forces personnel 2,000
Democracy score 0.00
Democracy type Unknown
Military expenditure 0.86 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 12.50 %


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Coordinates: [17°25′N, -88°75′S]
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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 9 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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