# Belize — national dossier Belize — economy, society, governance, health, education, technology, geography, resources and military in one sourced dossier: 41 indicators, each with… Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/BLZ Updated: 2026-08-14 (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year) ## Overview - Official name: Belize - Capital: Belmopan - Region: Central America, North America - Population: 360,000 - Area: 22,966 km² - Languages: Belizean Creole, English, Spanish - Currency: Belize dollar (BZD) A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Each figure shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Economy | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | GDP | $3.3 B | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP per capita | $7,865 | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | GDP growth | 2.7% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Inflation | 1.1% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Trade openness | 109.0% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Society | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Population | 423,000 | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Life expectancy | 73.7 yrs | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Urban population | 41.6% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Fertility rate | 2.0 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Literacy rate | 87.9% | 2022 | World Development Indicators | ## Governance | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 58.7 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Political stability | 79.3 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Government effectiveness | 48.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Regulatory quality | 47.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Rule of law | 50.1 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Control of corruption | 44.6 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | ## Health | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 4.1% | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Physicians | 1.09 | 2018 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Under-5 mortality | 12.7 | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | | Measles immunisation | 84.0% | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | ## Education | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 87.9% | 2022 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Education spending | 4.6% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Primary enrolment | 96.5% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Secondary enrolment | 86.5% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Tertiary enrolment | 24.8% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | ## Technology | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 80.0% | 2024 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | Mobile subscriptions | 67 | 2022 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | High-tech exports | 0.0% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Geography | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Land area | 22,810 km² | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Forest area | 54.5% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Agricultural land | 8.0% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.9 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Renewable energy | 30.8% | 2022 | World Development Indicators | ## Resources | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 0.5% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Oil rents | 0.3% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Forest rents | 0.2% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | | Electricity access | 99.6% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Military | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 0.9% | 2024 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Defense spending | $30 M | 2024 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Armed forces | 2,000 | 2020 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | Every metric above is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Machine-readable claims — every figure above as an addressable claim ID (TL:BLZ::) with value, source, license and a ready citation string: https://terralore.co/country/BLZ.claims.json History: "From the great Maya cities of Caracol, Xunantunich and Lamanai, through the logwood and mahogany camps of the British Baymen, the slavery on which they rested and the Creole, Garifuna, Maya and Mestizo society that grew up around them, to the colony of British Honduras and independence as Belize on 21 September 1981 — its frontier still claimed by Guatemala before the International Court of Justice." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/BLZ/chronicle.md (5 eras, 24 events). ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://childmortality.org - Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Citation template: Terralore, "Belize — national dossier", terralore.co/country/BLZ, retrieved .