note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate):
$1.431 billion (2010 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 166 0% (2009 est.)
3.6% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$8,400 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 120 $8,500 (2009 est.)
$8,700 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 29%
industry: 16.9%
services: 54.1% (2008 est.)
Labor force:
120,500 country comparison to the world: 179 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 10.2%
industry: 18.1%
services: 71.7% (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate:
13.1% (2009) country comparison to the world: 137 8.2% (2008)
Population below poverty line:
33.5% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Investment (gross fixed):
26.2% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 37
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.1% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 118 −1.1% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
12% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 31 12% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
14.08% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 53 14.14% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$389.5 million (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 161 $336.5 million (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$1.351 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 150 $1.084 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$1.291 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 141 $1.036 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Agriculture - products:
bananas, cacao, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber
Industries:
garment production, food processing, tourism, construction, oil
Industrial production growth rate:
1.4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 142
Electricity - production:
213.5 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 176
Electricity - consumption:
198.5 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 177
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
248.4 million kWh (2005)
Oil - production:
3,990 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 98
Oil - consumption:
7,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 157
Oil - exports:
2,260 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 111
Oil - imports:
7,204 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 146
Oil - proved reserves:
6.7 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 93
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 96
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 206
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 56
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 83
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
Current account balance:
-$151 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 -$93.3 million (2009 est.)
Exports:
$404 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 171 $381.9 million (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood, crude oil
Exports - partners:
US 30.7%, UK 29.77%, Nigeria 4.9%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.45% (2009)
Imports:
$740 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 181 $620.5 million (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco
Imports - partners:
US 33.65%, Mexico 14.17%, Cuba 8.51%, Guatemala 6.75%, Spain 6.07%,
China 4.12% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$219 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 126 $213.7 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.01 billion (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 150 $954.1 million (2008 est.)
Exchange rates:
Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar - 2 (2010), 2 (2009), 2 (2008), 2 (2007), 2 (2006)
Communications ::Belize
Telephones - main lines in use:
31,200 (2009) country comparison to the world: 178
Telephones - mobile cellular:
161,800 (2009) country comparison to the world: 175
Telephone system:
general assessment: above-average system; trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay
domestic: fixed-line teledensity of 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 55 per 100 persons
international: country code - 501; landing point for the