Belize Economy : Belize is an upper middle-income country comes under the Latin America and Caribbean region, according to the classification made by the World Bank on the basis of Region and Income for the year 2006.
The country has a total surface area of 22,970.0 square kilometer as of the year 2004 with a forest area of 16,530.0 square kilometer as in 2000.
The Socio economic indicators of the country over the years are as follows:
Belize Economy and Economic Indicators:
The important indicators of the country are as follows:
2000
2003
2004
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
773.5 million
1.0 billion
1.1 billion
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
3,100.0
3,740.0
3,940.0
GDP (current US$)
832.0 million
1.0 billion
1.1 billion
GDP growth (nnual %)
12.3
9.4
4.2
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
0.9
-2.3
2.6
Belize Economy and Social Indicators:
2000
2003
2004
Population, total
249.8 thousand
273.7 thousand
282.6 thousand
Population growth (annual %)
2.7
3.2
3.2
Life expectncy at birth, total (years)
72.2
71.9
71.9
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
3.4
3.1
3.0
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
34.0
..
32.4
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000)
41.0
..
38.6
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
95.0
96.0
95.0
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
..
2.4
..
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
