International Rankings of Belize 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	114	7.55	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	144	29600	0
Internet users - percent of population	140	47.08 %	2018
Internet users - total	172	181660	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	149	4.72	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	175	18500	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	180	65.01	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	178	254919	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	184	572.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	183	553.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	102	50.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	106	55.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	112	72	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	87	68.2	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	187	1.854 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	59	49.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	15.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	53	75.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	138	63.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	69	22.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	43	1.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	77	10.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	110	21.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	62	68 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	86	0.6 %	2017
Labor force	174	120500 US Dollars	2008
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	93	10.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	80	18.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	44	71.7 %	2007
Population below poverty line	35	41	2013
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	181	2.734 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	129	7005 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	69	29.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	178	556700	2017
Crude oil - exports	73	1220	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	77	2000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	84	6.700 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	168	453.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	47	51	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	44	27	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	19	22	2017
Electricity - imports	91	243.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	163	198000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	176	280.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	144	4000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	170	4161 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	109	36 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	157	0.57 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	161	0.55 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	86	21.23 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	173	6.9	2018
Land use - arable land	129	3.3	2018
Land use - forest	27	60.6	2018
Land use - other	71	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	146	2.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	69	0.31 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	118	21.734 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	136	68.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	136	21.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	166	11.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	60	2.3	2025
Urbanization - urban population	131	46.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	150	22806 sq km	0
Area - total	150	22966 sq km	0
Area - water	107	160151 sq km	0
Coastline	114	386 km	0
Elevation - highest point	122	1124 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	126	173 meters	0
Irrigated land	137	35 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	131	542 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	173	6.9	2018
Land use - arable land	129	3.3	2018
Land use - forest	27	60.6	2018
Land use - other	71	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	146	2.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	117	21.734 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	55	19 %	6683
Age structure - 25-54 years	139	37.72 %	7300
Age structure - 55-64 years	143	6.18 %	2444
Birth rate	61	21.62 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	72	51.4 %	1516
Current Health Expenditure	54	5.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	184	3.99 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	99	7.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	55	13.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	100	52 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	72	44.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	101	1.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	94	0.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	8	7.6 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	26	1.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	95	3800	2020
Hospital bed density	59	1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	117	10.1 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	125	12.64 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	124	11.4 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	106	77.24 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	84	73.96 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	101	75.56 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	88	36	2017
Median age - female	118	24.8 years	2020
Median age - male	117	23 years	0
Median age - total	116	23.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	109	0.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	51	24.1 %	2016
Physicians density	103	1.12 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	170	405633	2021
Population growth rate	56	1.67 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	13	98.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	102	4.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	91	3.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	1.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	56	2.66 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	55	24.8	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	95	9.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	75	15.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	60	2.3	2025
Urbanization - urban population	131	46.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	79	47	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	72	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	32	3	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	47	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	57	41	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	41	29	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	100	3.780 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	91	1.298 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	76	28	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	134	601 km	2017
Roadways - total	127	3281 km	2017
Waterways	61	825 km	0

*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.

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