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Government debt in Belize

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Belize's government debt is 67.90 % — #82 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

67.90%

Checked 8 Sept 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

103.00 %76.25 %49.50 %103.00 % · 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: 79.00 %2019: 78.60 %2020: 103.00 %2021: 82.20 %2022: 66.80 %2023: 67.50 %2024: 65.40 %2025: 67.90 %20012013202567.90 %
25 official observations, 2001 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#82 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
34 %
42 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.50 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
35.10 pp
peak 103.00 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 18.40 pp
since 2001

In Americas: #16 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +13.35 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Belize: ahead of 34 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBelize 67.90 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. 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 Morocco67.10 %−0.80 pp
81 Montenegro67.10 %−0.80 pp
82 Belize67.90 %—
83 Israel68.50 %+0.60 pp
84 Kenya69.30 %+1.40 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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