Statistical Institute of Belize Holds Signing Ceremony for Scholarship Recipients

(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…

Statistical Institute of Belize and IDB Launch the Belize National Statistical System Portal and the SIB website

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…

Economy grows by 5.2% in the first quarter 2019; unemployment rate drops to 7.6% in April 2019; consumer prices virtually unchanged in May 2019, imports up and exports down in May 2019.

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, 1st quarter 2019 gross domestic product, and the preliminary results for the April round of the 2019 Labour Force Survey.   Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index stood at…

Economy grows by 1.3% in the fourth quarter 2018; consumer prices up 0.1%, imports and exports up in February 2019.

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for February 2019 stood at 104.6, an increase of 0.1 percent from 104.5 in February 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.1 percent higher than they…

1991 – 2010 census

In 1991, May 12th was designated as Census Day. While 6:00 p.m. on this date marks the official start of the census, only the homeless population and persons living in institutions are counted on that night. The actual enumeration of persons and households commences the following day. The population count for the 1991-2010 census can…

1980

In 1980, there was a total of 300 enumerators conducting the census, which ran from April 14th to May 12th. The census questionnaire for that year addressed 9 sections: area in which a person lived, characteristics of the person, migration, education, economic activity, fertility, housing characteristics and languages spoken. Media advertisements urged cooperation from the…

1970

Before 1970, censuses were all conducted in one night. After 1970, however, there was greater financing provided to hire more enumerators and additional time was given to carry out the census. That year was known as the Year of Census for most countries and the information collected was tabulated and provided to the United Nations…