Belize, year by year

Every index this site holds for Belize, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.617 in 1990 to 0.721 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 73.7 years2024at birthUp 3.4 years from 70.3 years in 2005
Internet users: 80%2024of people onlineUp 56 points from 24% in 2006
Urban population: 42%2025of people in towns and citiesDown 5 points from 46% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.022024births per womanDown 1.15 from 3.17 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 31%2022of energy usedUp 5 points from 26% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 16 points from 84% in 2005
Infant mortality: 112024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 6 from 17 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.9 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.4 t from 0.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 55%2023of land under forestDown 8 points from 63% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.617	69.6	—	—	4.80	38.0	—	31	0.7	70.2	—	—
1991	0.626	69.7	—	47.3	4.60	32.4	67	29	0.8	69.5	—	—
1992	0.634	69.6	—	47.3	4.43	36.3	72	28	0.6	68.9	—	—
1993	0.640	69.6	—	47.4	4.21	35.6	73	26	0.6	68.3	—	—
1994	0.643	69.6	—	47.4	3.97	34.1	74	25	0.6	67.7	—	—
1995	0.647	69.5	0.1	47.5	3.88	34.9	75	24	0.6	67.1	—	—
1996	0.650	69.4	0.9	47.5	3.76	42.7	76	23	0.5	66.4	—	—
1997	0.654	69.2	1.3	47.6	3.74	36.7	77	22	0.8	65.8	—	—
1998	0.657	68.9	2.1	47.6	3.75	35.3	78	21	0.8	65.2	—	—
1999	0.664	69.0	4.1	47.7	3.73	35.9	78	20	0.8	64.6	—	—
2000	0.671	68.9	6.0	47.7	3.63	34.5	79	20	0.6	64.0	—	—
2001	0.676	68.9	—	47.6	3.53	23.9	80	19	0.6	63.7	—	—
2002	0.686	69.5	5.7	47.5	3.43	25.7	81	18	0.6	63.4	—	—
2003	0.696	69.8	—	47.3	3.34	24.4	82	18	0.6	63.1	—	—
2004	0.703	70.2	9.8	47.0	3.25	26.3	83	17	0.5	62.8	—	—
2005	0.700	70.3	17.0	46.7	3.17	25.6	84	17	0.5	62.5	—	—
2006	0.713	70.5	24.0	46.4	3.02	32.7	91	17	0.6	62.2	5525	9910
2007	0.718	70.7	24.6	46.1	2.89	28.0	85	17	0.6	61.9	5762	10226
2008	0.720	70.7	26.3	45.8	2.78	29.8	86	16	0.5	61.6	5712	9975
2009	0.724	70.8	27.2	45.5	2.66	25.1	87	16	0.6	61.3	5400	9728
2010	0.727	70.9	28.2	45.2	2.55	29.4	90	16	0.7	61.0	5461	9748
2011	0.725	71.0	30.7	44.9	2.53	42.2	92	15	0.5	60.5	5596	9722
2012	0.727	71.1	31.0	44.7	2.51	47.9	91	15	0.5	60.0	5733	9303
2013	0.724	71.3	33.6	44.4	2.50	38.0	91	14	0.6	59.5	5957	9526
2014	0.721	71.4	38.7	44.2	2.47	37.4	92	14	0.6	59.0	6128	9490
2015	0.721	71.7	41.6	43.9	2.43	30.3	92	13	0.7	58.4	6155	9538
2016	0.727	71.8	44.6	43.7	2.40	33.3	93	13	0.7	57.9	6141	9399
2017	0.722	72.1	48.9	43.4	2.37	37.2	94	12	0.8	57.5	6072	9121
2018	0.723	72.3	53.6	43.2	2.34	35.5	92	12	0.8	57.0	6012	9497
2019	0.725	72.6	58.8	42.9	2.14	30.4	93	11	1.0	56.5	6172	10500
2020	0.713	71.6	64.4	42.6	2.04	31.4	97	11	0.8	56.0	5239	9639
2021	0.713	70.9	70.7	42.4	1.84	26.6	98	11	0.8	55.5	6143	11716
2022	0.717	72.2	70.0	42.1	1.95	30.8	99	11	0.9	55.0	7068	13459
2023	0.721	73.6	70.2	42.0	2.01	—	100	11	0.9	54.5	7425	13741
2024	—	73.7	80.0	41.8	2.02	—	100	11	0.9	—	7681	14367
2025	—	—	—	41.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	7865	14966
On the profile	0.721	73.7	80.0	41.6	2.02	30.8	—	—	0.9	54.5	7865	14966

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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