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Belize — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Belize, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
59.10%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +6.7% since 1990
Labor participation for Belize was 59.10% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 69.73% in 2019. The lowest was 54.68% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.19% per year.
Belize ranks 111 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Belize sits below it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
59.10%
First (1990)
55.37%
Change
+6.7%
Highest
69.73%
in 2019
Lowest
54.68%
in 2020
Average
60.17%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.19%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.1% |
| 2024 | 56.85% |
| 2023 | 57.62% |
| 2022 | 58.32% |
| 2021 | 60.36% |
| 2020 | 54.68% |
| 2019 | 69.73% |
| 2018 | 67.3% |
| 2017 | 64.03% |
| 2016 | 64.25% |
| 2015 | 63.87% |
| 2014 | 63.49% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.