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Data Collection for 2022 Population and Housing Census Completed, Preliminary Results to be Available by Third Quarter 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Data Collection for 2022 Population and Housing Census Completed, Preliminary Results to be Available by Third Quarter 2023   Belmopan, February 24th, 2023 – The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) is pleased to announce the completion of data collection for the 2022 Population and Housing Census. The Census, which began on…

Consumer prices increase 6.6 percent, imports and domestic exports both up 11.4 percent and 22 percent respectively in January 2023

Data from the most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey conducted by the Statistical Institute of Belize showed that in January 2023, the All-items CPI summarizes price levels for all consumer goods and services categories, stood at 112.4, up from 105.4 in January 2022. This indicates that the country saw an overall national inflation…

Statistical Institute of Belize Signs Memorandum of Understanding for the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 7 (MICS7)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Statistical Institute of Belize Signs Memorandum of Understanding for the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 7 (MICS7)   Belmopan, Belize – The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding, in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development and UNICEF Belize, to carry out the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey…

Consumer prices increase 6.7 percent, imports up 10.3 percent and domestic exports down 29 percent in December 2022

Data from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey indicated that, for December 2022, the All-items CPI, which summarizes price levels for all categories of consumer goods and services, stood at 112.8, an increase from 105.7 recorded in December 2021 (see Figure 1). This indicates that the country experienced…

Unemployment rate at 5 percent in October 2022, economy grew by 12.8 percent in third quarter of 2022, consumer prices up 6.5 percent, and both imports and exports up 28.4 percent and 33.1 percent respectively

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the Consumer Price Index, Merchandise Trade, 3rd Quarter 2022 Gross Domestic Product, and the October 2022 Labor Force Survey.   Consumer Price Index The most recent data from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey indicated that, for November 2022,…

Consumer prices increase 6.7 percent, both imports and domestic exports up 37.4 percent and 24 percent respectively in October 2022

For October 2022, the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that the All-Items CPI, which summarizes price levels across all consumer goods and services categories, stood at 112.3, up from 105.2 in October 2021. This indicates that the country experienced an overall national inflation rate of 6.7 percent on the…

The Statistical Institute of Belize, the MSDCCDR and ECLAC host workshop on Generating Climate Change and Disaster Indicators for Policy Decision-Making in Belize

PRESS RELEASE The Statistical Institute of Belize,  the MSDCCDR, and ECLAC host workshop on Generating Climate Change and Disaster Indicators for Policy Decision-Making in Belize. The Statistical Institute of Belize and the Ministry of Sustainable Development Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management held a three-day workshop on generating climate change and disaster indicators for policy…

Consumer prices increase 7.1 percent, both imports and domestic exports up 16.7 percent and 39.4 percent respectively in September 2022

Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that, for the month of September 2022, the All-Items CPI, which summarizes price levels across all categories of consumer goods and services, stood at 112.0, up from 104.6 in September 2021. The year-to-date inflation rate for the first nine months of…

Acting Director-General’s Message: Caribbean Statistics Day 2022

Greetings from the Statistical Institute of Belize! I am Diana Castillo-Trejo, Acting Director-General. On Saturday, October 15th, 2022, the SIB will join other national statistical offices across the region in observing the fourteenth anniversary of Caribbean Statistics Day under the theme ‘Leave No One Behind – Everyone Counts’.  The main objective of this annual event…

Economy grows by 13.5 percent in the second quarter 2022, consumer prices up 7.4 percent, imports up 20.8%, and domestic exports down 44.5% in August 2022.

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and gross domestic product in the 2nd quarter of 2022. Consumer Price Index The most recent data from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey indicated that, for the month of August 2022, the…