BELIZE:  Some basic figures
A. Socio-Economic indicators:	1990	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Population		273,700	282,600	291,800	297,234	294,385
GDP (US$ billions)		0.99	1.06	1.10	1.22	1.30
GDP per capita (US$)		3,410	3,870	3,786		7,800
GDP annual growth rate (%)	2.2		5.0	3.0	4.0	3.0
Total external debt (US $ million)		984.52	954.47	994.27
Total debt service (as % of GDP)	4.9	13.6	30.4	20.7
Total debt service (as % of exports of goods & services)	6.8	24.9	64.2	34.5
Rate of unemployment (%): 1996-2005				11.0
Rate of inflation (%)		-3.0	2.0	3.7	6.0
Life expectancy at birth (years)		71.9	71.8	75.9
% Adult Literary rate (age 15+)	89.1	76.9	75.1	76.9
% people living below $1 a day (1990-2004)		33.50
Prevalence of HIV (% of population aged 15-49)		2.4	2.5	2.5	3.6
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP)	2.50	2.2	2.7
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP)		2.30
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP)	4.60	5.40
Military expenditure (% of GDP)	1.20
Total Net Official Development Assistance (US$ million)	30.32	11.85	7.72	12.91	7.61
Foreign Direct Investment (US$ million)		-10.92	111.50	126.11
Workers' remittances & compensation of employees (US $ million)		34.00	34.00	46.00	46.00
B. Other Key Indicators/Indices & Rank
Human Development Index (rank among countries)*	67	91	95	80
Overall Economic Freedom Index (rank among countries)		57	57	50	47	56
Fiscal Freedom (scale 0 to 100)**		84.3	84.1	83.9	83.9	69.7
Investment Freedom (scale 0 to 100)**		50	50	50	50	50
Freedom from corruption (scale 0 to 100)**		50	50	45	38	37
Corruption Perception Index (rank among countries)***		46	60	62	66	99
Footnotes:
* Among 173 in 1990, and 177 countries for the years 2003-2005
** 100 represents the maximum freedom
*** Ranking among 179 countries with 1 being the least corrupt and 179 the most corrupt
Sources:
http://stats.oecd.org/
http://www.heritage.org/
http://www.transparency.org/
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
http://www.worldbank.org