International Rankings of Belize 2022, 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	44	9	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	140	36000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	50	51 %	2020
Internet users - total	165	202787	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	5	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	160	19000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	105	66	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	172	264000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	179	572.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	179	553.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	36	1 % of GDP	0
Exports	52	710.000 million US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	182	1.854 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	55	49.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	78	15.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	51	75.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	132	63.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	67	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	75	10.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	105	21.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	58	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	85	0.6 %	2017
Labor force	169	120500 US Dollars	2008
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	87	10.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	77	18.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	42	71.7 %	2007
Population below poverty line	33	41	2013
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	173	2.430 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	110	6100 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	65	29.9 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	39	28.5	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	77	12.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	55	19.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	178	541000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	155	992.305 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	95	240.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	161	204000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	154	80.300 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	6	22.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	78	63.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	85	13.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	115	31.552 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	65	1200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	81	6.700 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	169	3900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	92	1300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	166	4161 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	107	36 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	155	0.57 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	157	0.55 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	84	21.23 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	165	6.9	2018
Land use - arable land	122	3.3	2018
Land use - forest	25	60.6	2018
Land use - other	68	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	138	2.2	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	68	0.31 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	115	21.734 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	132	68.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	134	21.200 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	162	11.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	58	2.3	2025
Urbanization - urban population	119	46.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	146	22806 sq km	0
Area - total	146	22966 sq km	0
Area - water	104	160151 sq km	0
Coastline	107	386 km	0
Elevation - highest point	6	271124 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	124	173 meters	0
Irrigated land	138	35 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	128	542 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	165	6.9	2018
Land use - arable land	122	3.3	2018
Land use - forest	25	60.6	2018
Land use - other	68	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	138	2.2	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	53	19	6683
Age structure - 25-54 years	132	37.72	7300
Age structure - 55-64 years	134	6.18	2444
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	29	3.88 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	49	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	73	1.19 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	65	5.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	55	0.68 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	60	21.28 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	68	4.6 %	1516
Contraceptive prevalence rate	68	51.4 %	1516
Current health expenditure	52	6 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	170	3.94 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	113	7.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	50	13.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	113	49.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	79	42.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	100	0.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	96	0.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	8	8.7 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	60	1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	116	9.88 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	121	12.36 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	121	11.15 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	100	77.5 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	79	74.23 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	87	75.82 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	87	36 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	114	24.8 years	2020
Median age - male	115	23 years	0
Median age - total	111	23.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	106	0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	48	24.1 %	2016
Physicians density	103	1.08 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	166	412387	2022
Population growth rate	52	1.64 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	9	99.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	89	4.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	95	2.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	0.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 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	11	1.12	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	92	1.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	113	15.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	104	8.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	53	2.62 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	58	2.3	2025
Urbanization - urban population	119	46.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	39	28.5	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	77	12.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	55	19.3	0
Transportation
Airports	79	47	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	70	6	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	32	3	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	47	11	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	57	41	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	41	29	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	28	813	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	98	3.780 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	89	1.298 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	74	28	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	130	601 km	2017
Roadways - total	124	3281 km	2017
Waterways	67	825 km	2011

*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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