Training Commences for Belize’s 2020 Population and Housing Census Staff

With just two months remaining until the start of Belize’s 2020 Population and Housing Census, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) held its first round of training for census staff during the last two weeks in February.  The participants in this training were comprised mostly of permanent staff of various departments within the SIB, who…

Economy declines 2.8% in fourth quarter, consumer prices up 0.2%, and both imports and domestic exports down 0.6% and 59.7% respectively in January 2020.

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and the 4th quarter 2019 gross domestic product.   Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index stood at 105.0 in January 2020. An increase of 0.2 percent from 104.8 in…

Consumer prices up 0.2%, both imports and domestic exports up 6.4% and 18.9% respectively

Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for December 2019 stood at 105.2, an increase of 0.2 percent from 105.0 in December 2018. On average, during this month in 2019, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.2 percent higher than they…

SIB and StatCan Host Workshops on Data Sharing Protocols and SDMX

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 prices down 0.1%, both imports and domestic exports down 0.6% and 7% respectively

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…

One Week Workshop on Statistical Business Registers Completed

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)…

SIB and International Partners Complete Two Technical Assistance Missions

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…

Economy declines 0.8% in second quarter, consumer prices down 0.2% and both imports and exports up 15.6% and 44.1% respectively.

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…