Fiatmap

MacroBelize

Unemployment rate in Belize

How hard is it to have a job there?

Belize's unemployment rate is 8.86 % — #99 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

8.86%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Belize over time

10.91 %8.75 %6.60 %10.91 % · 20056.60 % · 20172000: 10.84 %2001: 9.07 %2002: 10.04 %2003: 10.34 %2004: 10.59 %2005: 10.91 %2006: 9.39 %2007: 8.51 %2008: 8.18 %2009: 8.32 %2010: 8.41 %2011: 8.42 %2012: 8.38 %2013: 8.35 %2014: 8.24 %2015: 7.58 %2016: 7.00 %2017: 6.60 %2018: 9.35 %2019: 9.05 %2020: 10.76 %2021: 10.30 %2022: 8.68 %2023: 8.28 %2024: 8.70 %2025: 8.86 %2000201220258.86 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#99 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
20 %
25 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.16 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.05 pp
peak 10.91 % in 2005
Full series
▼ 1.98 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #23 of 27vs median 5.25 %: +3.60 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Belize: ahead of 20 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBelize 8.86 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Belize is ahead of 20 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Belize
97 Greece8.54 %−0.32 pp
98 Sweden8.69 %−0.16 pp
99 Belize8.86 %—
100 Chile8.97 %+0.12 pp
101 Morocco9.00 %+0.14 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

Next, about Belize

GDP growthGDP per capita
Unemployment rate, all countries ranked →Compare Belize with another country →Everything about Belize →
Did this answer your question?