Belize — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Belize, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita (PPP) for Belize was 14,966 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 4,467 in 1990 (about 3.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.51% per year.
Belize ranks 124 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 25,894, so Belize sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 57%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 33 of 39 economies; El Salvador (14,101) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 22% in 2021. That is 31% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 2004. Doubling roughly every 20 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 97th of 186 in 1990 → 82nd of 194 in 2000 → 108th of 200 in 2010 → 128th of 198 in 2020 → 112th of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,965.75 | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 14,367.35 | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 13,741.21 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 13,459.08 | +14.9% |
| 2021 | 11,716.33 | +21.6% |
| 2020 | 9,638.9 | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 10,499.96 | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 9,497.23 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 9,120.65 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 9,399.04 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 9,538.39 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 9,489.91 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 9,525.83 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 9,303.38 | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 9,721.88 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 9,747.83 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 9,727.99 | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 9,975.08 | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 10,225.99 | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 9,909.68 | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 9,466.14 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 9,244.91 | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 8,849.65 | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 8,153.66 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 7,851.62 | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 7,543.73 | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 6,790.43 | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 6,333.37 | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 6,242.52 | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 6,087.15 | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 6,090.88 | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 6,072.66 | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 6,074.89 | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 5,705.79 | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 5,052.74 | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 4,467.11 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Belize’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
5,052.74 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Belize’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Belize’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +235.0% in total — about 3.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 14,965.75; 2024: 14,367.35; 2023: 13,741.21; 2022: 13,459.08; 2021: 11,716.33. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.