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Belize
17.3N 88.8W · 24 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 21 SEPTEMBER 1981
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1981 – present · Independent Belize and the Guatemalan question
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1996 · Barrier Reef made a World Heritage site 2 REFS
8 May 2019 · Belize votes to go to the ICJ 3 REFS
1950 – 1981 · Price, the PUP and independence
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29 September 1950 · The People's United Party founded 3 REFS
1964 · Internal self-government 3 REFS
1798 – 1950 · British Honduras and a plural society
5 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
1859 · The Anglo-Guatemalan boundary treaty 3 REFS
12 May 1862 · The Colony of British Honduras 3 REFS
c. 1638 – 1798 · The Baymen, the forest and the slaves
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
c. 1638 · British woodcutters settle the coast 3 REFS
1763 and 1783 · Spain concedes cutting rights 3 REFS
c. 1500 BCE – c. 1000 CE · The land of the Maya
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c. 1500 BCE · Maya settlement of the lowlands 3 REFS
c. 600–800 CE · Height of the Classic Maya cities 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Belmopan
- Population
- 360,000
- Area
- 22,966 km²
- Region
- Central America
- Languages
- Belizean Creole, English, Spanish
- Currency
- Belize dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Belizean
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$3.3 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$7,865’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.7%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
1.1%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
109.0%’24 WB-WDI
Society
Population
423,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
73.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
41.6%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.0’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
87.9%’22 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
58.7’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
79.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
48.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
47.8’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
50.1’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
44.6’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
4.1%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.09’18 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
12.7’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
84.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
87.9%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
96.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
86.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
24.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
Internet users
80.0%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
67’22 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.0%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
22,810 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
54.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
8.0%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.9’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
30.8%’22 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
0.5%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
99.6%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
0.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$30 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
2,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($3.3 B), superseding 2024 ($3.2 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($7,865), superseding 2024 ($7,681) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (2.7%), superseding 2024 (3.5%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (1.1%), superseding 2024 (3.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (99.6%), superseding 2023 (99.6%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (423,000), superseding 2024 (417,000) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (41.6%), superseding 2024 (41.8%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14