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English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, Maya 10.5%, German 3.2%, Garifuna 2.9%, other 1.8%, unknown 0.3%, none 0.2% (cannot speak)
BELMOPAN (capital) 17,000 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- none
- Conventional short form
- Belize
- Local long form
- Local short form
parliamentary democracy (National Assembly) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
- Name
- Belmopan
- Geographic coordinates
- 17 15 N, 88 46 W
- Time difference
- UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Tourism is the number one foreign exchange earner in this small economy, followed by exports of sugar, bananas, citrus, marine products, and crude oil.
- Inflation
- -0.885%
- External debt stocks
- US$ 1,329,852,000
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- 31.1%
- Real Interest Rate
- 7.583%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- 7.144%
- Current Account Balance
- US$ -174,735,548
- Labor Force, Total
- 174,622
- Employment in Agriculture
- 15.64%
- Employment in Industry
- 15.86%
- Employment in Services
- 66.64%
- Unemployment Rate
- 11.03%
- Imports of goods and services
- US$ 1,204,422,350
- Exports of goods and services
- US$ 1,004,017,650
- Total Merchandise Trade
- 81.01%
- FDI, net inflows
- US$ 59,119,224
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$ 468,157,180
bananas, cacao, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber
garment production, food processing, tourism, construction, oil
- Commodities
- sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood, crude oil
- Partners
- UK 31.1%, US 18.9%, Nigeria 6.8%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.8%, Ireland 4.3%, Jamaica 4.2% (2015)
- Commodities
- machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco
- Partners
- US 26.9%, Mexico 11.9%, Cuba 10.3%, Guatemala 8.1%, China 7.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.7% (2015)