International Rankings of Belize 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	3,392	152	2012
Internet users	36,000	171	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	25,400	176	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	164,200	180	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$352,400,000	190	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$410,100,000	190	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	3.50	13	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	18	3	31 Dec 2010 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	12.40	55	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$32,000,000	64	2013 est.
Debt - external	$1,048,000,000	157	31 Dec 2013 est.
Exports	$633,000,000	170	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	62.10	39	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	16.80	60	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	79.30	42	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-90.60	159	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	31.20	24	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	1.20	30	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	13.00	69	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	23.00	109	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	64.00	81	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$1,637,000,000	189	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$8,800	109	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$3,083,000,000	182	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	2.50	53	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	31.20	24	2013 est.
Imports	$864,000,000	181	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	-1.00	77	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	1.30	79	2013 est.
Labor force	120,500	180	2008 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	10.20	85	2007
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	18.10	71	2007
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	71.70	35	2007
Population below poverty line (%)	41.00	29	2013 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	75.10	34	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$273,000,000	157	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 1,300,000,000	161	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,050,000,000	147	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 573,000,000	158	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	25.1	108	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	15.50	50	2013
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	536,300	178	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	4,345	65	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	3,239	101	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	6,700,000	86	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	630,000,000	164	2011 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	51.1	97	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	32.0	68	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	16.9	10	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	171,000,000	87	2011 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	178,100	161	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	524,200,000	161	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1,848.35	111	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	7,044	161	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	3,493	164	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	116	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	386	124	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	1160	150	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	845.2	30	2000
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.22	131	2000
Irrigated land (sq km)	30	152	2003
Land Area - sq km	22,806.00	151	NA
Land boundaries - km	542	135	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	3.27	158	2011
Land use - other (%)	95.34	46	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	1.39	101	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	14.95	203	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	22,966.00	152	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	18.55	120	2011
Water Area - sq km	160	132	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	79,185	154	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	81,284	172	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	57,221	180	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	59,431	179	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	3,584	172	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	3,723	171	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	59,000	173	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	61,480	173	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	35.30	43	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	35,093	177	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	36,432	175	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	21.00	16	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	59,809	183	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	61,112	183	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	35.50	99	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	7,807	186	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	7,719	185	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.60	91	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	6,544	193	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	5,848	191	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	3.60	107	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	25.14	54	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	40.00	11	2001 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	27,751	88	2001 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	6.20	72	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	55.20	68	2011
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	5.95	156	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	6.40	97	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	15.60	45	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	59.70	65	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	53.30	63	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	100	1	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	99.3	8	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	98.4	16	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	0	132	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	0.7	117	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	1.6	80	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	6.60	18	2010
Health expenditures	5.70	58	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	1.40	29	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	100	67	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	3,100	125	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.10	64	2011
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	17.70	88	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	22.78	88	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	20.31	89	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	70.17	160	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	66.88	141	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	68.49	148	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	77.10	83	2000 census
Literacy - male (%)	76.70	91	2000 census
Literacy - total (%)	76.90	80	2000 census
Maternal mortality rate	53.00	67	2010
Median age - female (years)	22.00	123	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	21.60	129	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	21.80	121	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	74	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	33.70	14	2008
Physicians density	0.83	97	2009
Population	340,844	178	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.92	49	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	87.6	45	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	12.4	110	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	90.5	46	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	9.5	103	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	94.2	34	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	5.8	105	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	14	8	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	13	8	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	14	7	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	19	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	24	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	15	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.90	21	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.03	18	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	3.02	49	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	29	33	2005
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	14	64	2005
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	20	53	2005
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.54	95	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	44.7	123	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	47	78	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	6	73	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	41	62	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	247	33	2010
Roadways (km)	2,870	169	2011
Waterways (km)	825	61	2011

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