Belize's life expectancy rose from 69.5 yrs in 1995 to 73.7 yrs in 2024.
Belize · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Belize's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 61.6 yrs in 2000 to 63.8 yrs in 2021.
Belize's infant mortality fell from 23.8 ‰ in 1995 to 10.8 ‰ in 2024.
Belize's under-5 mortality rate fell from 29.9 ‰ in 1995 to 12.7 ‰ in 2024.
Belize's maternal mortality ratio fell from 72.0 /100k in 1994 to 67.0 /100k in 2023.
Belize's ncd mortality fell from 24.2 % in 2000 to 15.4 % in 2021.
Belize's suicide mortality rate fell from 6.6 /100k in 2000 to 4.2 /100k in 2021.
Belize's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 29.5 /100k in 2000 to 22.6 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.1 pts151st of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +3.8 %110th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.0 pts90th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −4.0 %93rd of 157*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −11.4 %56th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −6.5 %63rd of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −9.0 pts129th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +3.0 pts116th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts117th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisunchanged +0.0 %92nd of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Belize.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data