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Belize
Belize's corporate tax is 0.00 %, the lowest of 96. And its money's value is 67.00 %, ranked 5th of 116.
Of 16 fields published for Belize, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
53 % of US prices
Money's value
67.00 %
100 saved in Belize in 2000 buys what 67 buys today — 33 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$940 PPP/mo
The law in Belize sets the floor at about $940 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.92 %
A bank account in Belize currently gains about 0.9 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
1.98 %
Inflation rate
1.06 %
At 1.1 % a year, prices double in about 68 years if it holds.
Currency
0.00 %
ranked 14th of 71
Public holidays
14 days
ranked 25th of 104
Deposit rate
1.98 %
ranked 52nd of 70
Minimum wage
$940 PPP/mo
ranked 24th of 85
Bank spread
6.50 %
ranked 44th of 62
Where Belize sits, field by field
Each dot is Belize’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Corporate tax0.00 %1 of 96
- Money's value67.00 %5 of 116
- Currency0.00 %14 of 71
- Unemployment rate8.86 %99 of 124
- Public holidays14 days25 of 104
- Deposit rate1.98 %52 of 70
- Minimum wage$940 PPP/mo24 of 85
- Bank spread6.50 %44 of 62
- Government debt67.90 %82 of 124
- Inflation rate1.06 %46 of 123
- GDP per capita$7,86578 of 127
- Price level53 % of US prices76 of 125
- Lending rate8.48 %29 of 67
- Debt per person$5,34168 of 123
- GDP growth2.75 %67 of 127
- Savings vs inflation0.92 %34 of 69
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Panama
avg gap 15.7 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: corporate tax — 0.00 % (Belize) vs 25.00 %
El Salvador
avg gap 18.2 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 8.86 % (Belize) vs 3.30 %
Montenegro
avg gap 18.9 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 1.06 % (Belize) vs 3.90 %
Barbados
avg gap 19.3 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 67.00 % (Belize) vs 45.90 %
| Government debt | 67.90 % | ranked 82nd of 124 | |
| Inflation rate | 1.06 % | ranked 46th of 123 | |
| GDP per capita | $7,865 | ranked 78th of 127 | |
| Price level | 53 % of US prices | ranked 76th of 125 | |
| Lending rate | 8.48 % | ranked 29th of 67 | |
| Debt per person | $5,341 | ranked 68th of 123 | |
| GDP growth | 2.75 % | ranked 67th of 127 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.92 % | ranked 34th of 69 |
✓ 16 fields published for Belize, every one dated and sourced · 19 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Belize: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax.
Sources for all 16 figures
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-07
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 4800 → 5341 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 61.0308317738748 → 67.9 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Public holidays per year | 15 → 14 |