Belize

Capital City:

Belmopan

Languages:

English

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education	97.2	96.5	97.7	98.7	98.59999999999999	97.7	99.099999999999994	98.90000000000001		MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	3.3	6.7	6.7	6.7	3.3	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)										World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	149	149	152	152	152	152	152	152	152	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	16,530	16,530	16,530	16,530	16,530	16,530	16,530	16,530		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	72.47	72.47	72.47	72.47	72.47	72.47	72.47	72.47		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	111	111	121	150	168	204	253					Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	249,800	257,300	265,200	273,700	282,600	291,800	301,386	311,500	322,100	333,200	World Bank
Population annual growth	2.71877	2.95821	3.02415	3.15484	3.19999	3.20362	3.23232	3.30075	3.34627	3.38809	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	100					94			94		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index						0.69	0.693	0.692	0.694	0.694	0.694	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	4,640	4,750	4,940	5,320	5,410	5,610	5,870	5,800	5,990	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	1.89	2.78	2.61	1.31	0.8	1.22	0.79	1.89	2.12	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)	22,000,000	30,000,000	29,000,000	34,000,000	34,960,000	46,100,000	65,490,000	74,800,000	78,140,000	UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	689	711	359	374	381	396	407	425				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	89		91		91	96			99			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	18.39	19.010000000000002	19.17	19.3	19.68	20.59	20.59	20.59	20.59	20.59		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
Disaster management Strategy - Belize	Belize National Hazard Mitigation Policy	Strategy Description	2004
Energy Strategy - Belize	Energy for Sustainable Development Towards a National Energy Strategy for Belize	Strategy Description	2003
PRSP - Belize	National Poverty Elimination Action Plan (NPEAP) 2007-2011		2007
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Belize	Belize. First national communication to the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.	Strategy Description	2002
NBSAP - Belize	Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biologicl Diversity	Strategy Description	2010
NSDS - Belize		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

Caribbean Wetlands Initiative Discusses Ramsar Convention Implementation

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

13 July 2011: The second meeting of the Caribbean Wetlands Initiative discussed the region’s implementation of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention), and resulted in agreement on activities and material to be presented and disseminated during the upcoming Pan-American meeting and the 11th meeting of the contracting parties (COP 11) to the Ramsar Convention. The meeting took place in Kralendijk, on the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean, from 4-9...

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UNPFII Announces 2011 Trust Fund Grantees

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

July 2011: The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has announced the indigenous organizations or organizations working for indigenous peoples selected for grants under the 2011 Small Grants Programme of the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues relating to the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. A total of 10 proposals were selected from Belize, Canada, Congo, Malaysia, Russia, Samoa, Tanzania, Venezuela and Viet Nam. Since 2006, the UNPFII Trust Fund has...

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COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES 39th SESSION

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

The 39th Session of the Committee to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was held from 23 July-10 August 2007 at UN headquarters in New York, US. This session marked the occasion of the Committee’s twenty-fifth anniversary. The Committee reviewed country reports from 15 states, including Cooks Islands, Belize, Brazil, Estonia, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea and Singapore. Cook Islands announced its...

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