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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 14,346.52 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 417,072 | HDI (2024): 0.72 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
114
Score: 44.2
Vulnerability
0.483
Readiness
0.366
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Belize places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Belize is the 66th most vulnerable country and the 115th most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 101 | 99 | 101 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 91 | 95 | 103 | 103 | 106 | 107 | 111 | 109 | 111 | 115 | 118 | 115 | 123 | 118 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 123 | 123 | 122 | 121 | 116 | 114 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.483 | |
| Food | 0.473 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.978 | |
| Projected population change | 0.377 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.292 | |
| Rural population | 0.627 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.490 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.074 | |
| Water | 0.544 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 0.695 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.796 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0.006 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0.298 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.925 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
| Health | 0.414 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.303 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.657 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.054 | |
| Slum population | 0.159 | |
| Medical staff | 0.895 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.520 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.659 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.406 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.763 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.445 | |
| Protected biome | 0.054 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.794 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.464 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.279 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.403 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.373 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.427 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | - | |
| Paved roads | 0.837 | |
| Infrastructure | - | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.624 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | - | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 1.000 | |
| Electricity access | 0.004 | |
| Disaster preparedness | - |