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

SICA, BCIE Convene First Regional Conference on Women's Economic Rights

Date: 13 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

28 June 2012: The Central American Integration System’s (SICA) Council of Women’s Affairs Ministers (COMMCA) and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) convened the first Regional Conference on the Economic Rights of Women, with a focus on entrepreneurship, public policies and access to capital in the SICA member countries of Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The event was held from 27-28 June 2012...

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Caribbean Ministers Adopt Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Agenda

Date: 13 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

21 June 2012: The Ministerial Council overseeing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) agreed to sharpen the focus of CRFM to improve the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the region. The Council held its sixth meeting on 15 June 2012, in Nassau, The Bahamas, to discuss the development of a regional strategy and action plan regarding disaster management and the impact of climate change on Caribbean fishing communities, along with steps to better mitigate impacts on...

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CRFM Scientific Meeting Assesses State of Caribbean Fisheries

Date: 13 Jul 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

30 June 2012: The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism’s (CRFM) scientific body evaluated major fisheries in the region to determine whether natural fish populations remain healthy and where fisheries management controls are necessary. The eighth annual Scientific Meeting met from 20-30 June 2012, in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with fisheries scientists from 12 of 17 CRFM member States participating. The Eighth Meeting evaluated the health and economic performance of...

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