Belize

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Key facts

  • currency: Belize dollar
  • capital city: Belmopan
  • region: Central America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 22,810 km²
  • population: 411,106 people
  • political leader: Dean Barrow (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [17°25′N, -88°75′W]

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Summary

Belize is a country. The capital city is Belmopan, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 22,810 km², a population of 411,106 people and uses the currency Belize dollar. The Prime Minister is Dean Barrow.

Environment

Belize is one of the countries in Americas, countries in Central America and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 1,820.00 km²
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 0.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 98.60 % of population
  • Fertility rate: 1.99 births per woman
  • Forest area: 12,547 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 0.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 22.00
  • Methane emissions: 0.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 203,619 people
  • Male population: 207,487 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 30.80 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 21,708.45 km²
  • Rural population: 219,498 people
  • Urban land area: 122.90 km²
  • Urban population: 191,608 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 28.47 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Belize by population

Cities in Belize

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Belize

Evolution of historical forest area in Belize

Distribution of sites in Belize by inscription year

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Belize

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belize

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Belize

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Belize

Evolution of historical land area in Belize

Evolution of historical median age in Belize

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Belize

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Belize

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Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Belize

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Belize

Geographical distribution of sites in Belize by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Belize

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Belize

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Belize

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Belize

Evolution of historical population in Belize

Relationship between urban land area and population in Belize

Evolution of historical female population in Belize

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Belize

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Evolution of historical rural population in Belize

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Belize

Evolution of historical urban land area in Belize

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Belize

Evolution of historical urban population in Belize

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Belize

Relationship between population and date in Belize

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Belize

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Belize

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Belize

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Belize

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Belize

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Belize

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Belize

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Belize

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Belize

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Belize

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Belize

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Belize

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Belize

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Belize

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Belize

Sites in Belize

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Belize

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Belize

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Belize

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Belize

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Belize

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Belize

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Belize

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Belize

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Belize

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Belize

Proportion of transboundary sites in Belize

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Belize by mean width

Wildfires in Belize

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Belize

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
  • Democracy score: 0.00
  • Democracy type: Unknown
  • Individuals using the internet: 70.35 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 0.86 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 595 people
  • Press freedom: 2.84
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 15.62 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Belize

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belize

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Belize

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Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Belize

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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Belize

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Belize

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Belize

Evolution of historical net migration in Belize

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Belize

Political parties in Belize

Distribution of politicians from Belize by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Belize

Politicians from Belize

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Business

  • Central government debt: 61.03 % of GDP
  • Expense: 22.34 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 3,066,850,000.00 current US$
  • Inflation: 4.39 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 32.63 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 21.34 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 8.26 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 25.39 % of total employment

Shops in Belize

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Belize

Companies from Belize

Proportion of employee types in companies from Belize

Distribution of companies founded in Belize by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Belize

Evolution of historical central government debt in Belize

Evolution of historical expense in Belize

Evolution of historical GDP in Belize

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Belize

Evolution of historical inflation in Belize

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Belize

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Belize

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Belize

Evolution of historical unemployment in Belize

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Belize

Exchanges in Belize

Proportion of shops per country in Belize

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Health

  • Birth rate: 17.76 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 6.25 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 310.20 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.98 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.35 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 1.03 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 71
  • Suicide mortality rate: 7.10 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Belize

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Belize

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Belize

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Belize

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Belize

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Belize

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Belize

Evolution of historical death rate in Belize

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Belize

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Belize

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Belize

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Belize

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Belize

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Belize

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Belize

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Belize

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Belize

Diseases in Belize

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Belize

Proportion of diseases in Belize by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Belize by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Belize

Evolution of historical deaths in Belize

Relationship between cases and deaths in Belize

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Belize by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Belize

Athletes from Belize

Proportion of competitions per city in Belize

Competitions in Belize

Proportion of competitions per country in Belize

Distribution of competitions in Belize by start date

Proportion of medals won by Belize in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Belize

Distribution of artists from Belize by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Belize

Geographical distribution of museums in Belize by visitors

Museums in Belize

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Belize by total students

Distribution of universities in Belize per foundation year

Universities in Belize

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In literature

There are 115 books written about Belize in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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