The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), in partnership with Statistics Canada (StatCan), hosted two workshops at the Belize Institute of Management in Belize City, over the three days from November 12th to 14th, 2019. The workshops, one on Data Sharing Protocols and another on Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX), were attended by representatives from…
Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for September 2019 stood at 105.3, a decrease of 0.1 percent from 105.4 in September 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.1 percent lower than they…
On October 21, 2019, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), in partnership with Statistics Canada, launched a one-week training workshop on Statistical Business Registers at the SIB’s headquarters in Belmopan. Financial and technical assistance for this training was provided through the Government of Canada’s Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC)…
On Friday, October 18, 2019, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) officially closed two technical assistance missions facilitated by its international partners. The first, a two-week Consumer Price Index (CPI) Reweighting Mission, was funded and facilitated by the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC) and had as its main objective the development of a new…
PRESS RELEASE On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), along with its partners in the National Statistical System (NSS), celebrated the eleventh annual observance of Caribbean Statistics Day under the theme “Building the Resilience of the Caribbean Community”. Caribbean Statistics Day serves to showcase the contributions being made to the…
Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for August 2019 stood at 104.6, a decrease of 0.7 percent from 105.4 in August 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.7 percent lower than they…
Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and the 2nd quarter 2019 gross domestic product. Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index stood at 104.8 in July 2019. A decrease of 0.2 percent from 105.0 in…
Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for June 2019 stood at 104.7, a decrease of 0.3 percent from 105.0 in June 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.3 percent lower than they…
(From Left to Right) Dr. Leopold Perriott (SIB), Dr. Cassandra Rogers (IDB), Mr. Ronald Orellana, Mr. Armando Shal, Mr. Dorian Enriquez, & Ms. Julian Pasos (UB). (Danny Tun/SIB) Belmopan. July 25th, 2019. The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the University of Belize (UB), held an official…
Belize City. July 10th, 2019. As part of its support to strengthen the country’s capacity to produce and use quality official statistics, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) officially launched the Belize National Statistical System (BNSS) Portal and the SIB Website at the Radisson Fort George Hotel…
