International Rankings of Belize 2023, 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	45	9	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	147	36000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	56	62 %	2021
Internet users - total	174	248000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	5	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	168	19000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	83	66	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	177	260000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	182	656.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	184	583.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	96	162.434 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	164	1.315 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	177	1.044 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	193	1.854 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	60	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	54	75.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	142	63.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	70	22.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	44	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	111	21.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	69	68 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	183	1.252 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	17	15.08 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	100	3.24 %	2021
Labor force	178	176900 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	93	10.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	82	18.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	48	71.7 %	2007
Population below poverty line	36	41 %	2013
Public debt	25	99 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	188	3.505 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	9	15.23 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	130	8800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	168	420.103 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	75	21.16 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	85	8.22 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	50	31.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	106	12.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	70	19.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	187	541000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	160	992.305 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	99	240.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	169	204000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	160	80.300 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	6	22.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	86	63.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	89	13.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	120	31.552 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	67	1200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	83	6.700 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	177	3900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	97	1300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	177	4161 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	111	36 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	161	0.57 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	164	0.55 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	87	21.23 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	178	6.9	2018
Land use - arable land	133	3.3	2018
Land use - forest	28	60.6	2018
Land use - other	75	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	2.2	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	72	0.31 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	122	21.730 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	122	70.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	112	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	61	2.3	2025
Urbanization - urban population	125	46.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	152	22806 sq km	0
Area - total	153	22966 sq km	0
Area - water	110	160151 sq km	0
Coastline	120	386 km	0
Elevation - highest point	8	271124 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	128	173 meters	0
Irrigated land	144	35 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	136	542 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	178	6.9	2018
Land use - arable land	133	3.3	2018
Land use - forest	28	60.6	2018
Land use - other	75	32.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	2.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	41	1.2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	29	3.88 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	50	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	76	1.19 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	67	5.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	58	0.68 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	60	20.93 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	72	4.6 %	1516
Contraceptive prevalence rate	69	51.4 %	1516
Current health expenditure	49	6.9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	39	64.3 %	2023
Death rate	190	3.89 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	123	7.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	50	13.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	120	49.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	83	42.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	0.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	9	8.7 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	50	1.26 %	2023
Hospital bed density	61	1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	124	9.66 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	127	12.08 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	130	10.9 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	111	77.75 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	88	74.49 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	100	76.08 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	57	130 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	122	24.8 years	2020
Median age - male	122	23 years	0
Median age - total	121	23.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	114	0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	51	24.1 %	2016
Physicians density	106	1.08 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	176	419137	2023
Population growth rate	53	1.61 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	9	99.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	95	4.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	100	2.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	86	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	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	24	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	96	1.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	116	15.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	110	8.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	58	2.59 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	61	2.3	2025
Urbanization - urban population	125	46.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	50	31.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	106	12.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	70	19.3	0
Transportation
Airports	80	47	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	59	411000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	31	817	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	101	3.780 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	92	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	137	601 km	2017
Roadways - total	141	3281 km	2017
Waterways	69	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.

NOTE: The information regarding Belize on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belize 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belize 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.