| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $1.28 billion (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3.7% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $4,900 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 22.7%
industry: 24.5%
services: 52.8% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
33% (1999 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.6% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
90,000
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2001 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 27%, industry 18%, services 55% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $222 million
expenditures: $300 million, including capital expenditures of $70 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
garment production, food processing, tourism, construction |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
4.6% (1999) |
| Electricity - Production : |
199.5 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 59.9%
hydro: 40.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
185.5 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
bananas, coca, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber; garments |
| Exports : |
$207.8 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 39.3%, UK 25.1%, France 4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$500.6 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 39%, Mexico 11.6%, Netherlands Antilles 6.2%, UK 5.5%, Cuba 5.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$475 million (2001 est.) |
| Currency : |
Belizean dollar (BZD) |
| Currency Code : |
BZD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Belizean dollars per US dollar - 2 (2003), 2 (2002), 2 (2001), 2 (2000), 2 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
