Belize Launches Second National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BELIZE LAUNCHES SECOND NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICS (NSDS)  BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, July 28, 2025 – The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Transformation and with technical support from The Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21), officially launched the country’s…

Unemployment is down to 2.1 percent in April 2025, the economy grows by 2 percent in the first quarter 2025, inflation up 1 percent, imports down 2.7 percent, and exports up 11.1 percent in May 2025

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics, including the Labor Force Survey, the gross domestic product for the 1st quarter of 2025, the consumer price index, external trade, and the consumer confidence index for May 2025. Labour Force Survey Preliminary results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent Labour Force Survey…

SIB ENHANCES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR MONETARY POVERTY ANALYSIS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SIB Enhances Institutional Capacity for Monetary Poverty Analysis  BELMOPAN CITY, BELIZE, June 4, 2025 – The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) hosted an intensive, week-long training session on the computation of Monetary Poverty Statistics from May 26 to May 30, 2025, at its headquarters in Belmopan. The training was delivered by international…

Consumer prices up 1.3 percent, imports down 16 percent, domestic exports down 21.9 percent, and consumer confidence index down 3.8 percent in April 2025

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and the consumer confidence index for April 2025. Consumer Price Index Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey indicated that, for the month of April 2025, the All-Items CPI, which measures overall…