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Government debt in Belize

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Belize's government debt is 66.90 % — #82 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

66.90%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.7 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Belize over time

102.60 %76.05 %49.50 %102.60 % · 202049.50 % · 20012001: 49.50 %2002: 53.20 %2003: 67.20 %2004: 70.70 %2005: 72.70 %2006: 71.40 %2007: 66.40 %2008: 64.70 %2009: 69.70 %2010: 68.40 %2011: 66.20 %2012: 63.10 %2013: 62.80 %2014: 61.50 %2015: 65.10 %2016: 70.50 %2017: 78.10 %2018: 78.80 %2019: 78.40 %2020: 102.60 %2021: 81.80 %2022: 66.20 %2023: 66.60 %2024: 64.30 %2025: 66.90 %20012013202566.90 %
25 official observations, 2001 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#82 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
34 %
43 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.60 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
35.70 pp
peak 102.60 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 17.40 pp
since 2001

In Americas: #16 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +12.20 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Belize: ahead of 34 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtBelize 66.90 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Belize is ahead of 34 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Belize
80 Uruguay65.60 %−1.30 pp
81 Morocco66.60 %−0.30 pp
82 Belize66.90 %—
83 Namibia67.50 %+0.60 pp
84 Israel67.90 %+1.00 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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