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This table lists the international rankings of Belize, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Belize, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	151	3,392	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	120	41.60	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	170	144,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	6.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	178	21,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	152	22,700	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	102	49.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	183	170,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	187	$650,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	184	$500,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	94	-8.50	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	7	18	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	54	10.80	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	85	-$220,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	161	$1,327,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Exports	169	$519,500,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	39	52.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	68	17.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	57	72.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	137	-63.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	86	20.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	35	0.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	73	11.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	142	14.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	105	59.90	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	188	$1,637,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	131	$8,200	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	188	$3,088,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	69	0.00	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	129	7.60	2016 est.
Imports	180	$895,500,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	72	-1.00	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	78	0.90	2016 est.
Labor force	179	120,500	2008 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	87	10.20	2007 est.
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	66	18.10	2007 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	42	71.70	2007 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	29	41.00	2013 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	26	86.30	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	151	$409,300,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	160	$1,785,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	151	$1,450,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	157	$765,500,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	71	28.2	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	56	12.90	2014 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	129	700,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	71	3,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	85	2,000	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	73	6,700,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	133	400,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	74	0	2013 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	104	46.9	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	78	27.3	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	7	25.8	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	63	200,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	109	200,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	124	300,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	144	3,700	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	127	0	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	170	3,638	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	111	33	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	125	386	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	150	1160	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	35	0	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	151	30	2003
Land Area - sq km	151	22,806.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	136	542	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	179	6.90	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	131	3.30	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	28	60.60	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	74	32.50	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	69	1.40	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	147	2.20	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	130	173	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	205	15.52	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	152	22,966.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	120	18.55	2011
Water Area - sq km	133	160	NA
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	173	59,611	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	173	62,139	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	55	34.41	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	174	35,960	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	175	37,333	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	25	20.71	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	182	63,346	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	181	64,968	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	164	36.26	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	185	8,666	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	185	8,445	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	163	4.84	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	192	7,099	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	191	6,291	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	167	3.78	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	51	24.30	2016 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	11	40.00	2001 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	76	27,751	2001 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	73	6.20	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	67	55.20	2011
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	68	6.00	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	111	5.90	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	33	17.00	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	72	56.80	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	62	50.90	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	1	100	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	6	99.5	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	12	98.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	128	0	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	115	0.5	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	79	1.1	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	18	6.60	2010
Health expenditures	57	5.80	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	38	1.18	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	65	100	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	107	3,300	2013 est.
Hospital bed density	63	1.10	2011
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	76	16.90	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	85	21.60	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	81	19.30	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	104	70.40	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	92	67.20	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	98	68.70	2016 est.
Literacy – total (%)	80	76.90	2000 census
Maternal mortality rate	67	53	2010
Median age – female (years)	130	22.60	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	123	22.20	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	130	22.40	2016 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	55	0.00	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	14	33.70	2008
Physicians density	96	0.83	2009
Population	178	353,858	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	46	1.84	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	53	88.2	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	112	11.8	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	53	90.5	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	106	9.5	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	40	93.5	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	107	6.5	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	9	13	2013
School life expectancy - male (years)	8	13	2013
School life expectancy - total (years)	8	13	2013
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	13	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	19	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	23	1.03	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	25	0.97	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	23	0.89	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	10	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	16	1.03	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	54	2.90	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	31	36	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	63	18	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	49	20	2005 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	85	1.93	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	130	44	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	78	47	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	62	41	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	33	247	NA
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	102	2,463,420	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	103	935,603	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	72	28	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2015
Roadways - paved (km)	159	488	2011
Roadways - total (km)	171	2,870	2011
Roadways - unpaved (km)	118	2,382	2011
Waterways (km)	60	825	2011

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Belize on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Belize contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Belize should be addressed to the CIA.

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