Business Establishment Survey In November 2020, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) carried out the Impact of COVID-19 on Business Establishments Survey. This survey was conducted on a sample of approximately 2,500 randomly selected businesses across the country and across all main industry groups, to collect data on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic…
Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and 4th quarter 2020 gross domestic product. Consumer Price Index The most recent figures from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey show that, for the first month of the year in 2021,…
The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) hereby informs its stakeholders and the general public, that a decision was made by Cabinet at its December 22nd meeting to postpone the conduct of the Population and Housing Census that was scheduled to commence on May 12th of this year, to May 2022. The conduct of the Census…
Consumer Price Index Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey showed that, as of December 2020, the All-Items CPI stood at 100.7, an overall increase of 0.4 percent from 100.4 in December 2019. This indicates that, on average, prices for items comprising the basket of goods and…
Merchandise Trade The Statistical Institute of Belize’s latest figures for Belize’s total imports for the month of November 2020 were valued at $128.4 million. This represented a 29 percent or $52.5 million decrease from the same month in 2019 when imports totalled $180.8 million. Merchandise imports for the first eleven months, January to November 2020,…
The Statistical Institute of Belize hereby informs subscribers, data users, and the general public, that the release of the results from the November 2020 Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics for the November 2020 CPI will be available on the SIB’s website (www.sib.org.bz)…
Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, 3rd quarter 2020 gross domestic product, and September 2020 labor force survey. Consumer Price Index In October 2020, the Statistical Institute of Belize conducted the first round of price collection using its updated Consumer Price Index (CPI)…
The Statistical Institute of Belize hereby informs subscribers, data users, and the general public that for its upcoming press conference on December 9th, we will be presenting results for the September 2020 Labour Force Survey, the Consumer Price Index utilizing the updated basket of goods and services, 3rd Quarter Gross Domestic Product Estimates and the…
The Statistical Institute of Belize hereby informs subscribers, data users, and the general public that our upcoming press releases and press conference scheduled for November 25th have been postponed until December 9th, 2020. This action has been taken as a result of unforeseen circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the upcoming press conference, the…
Consumer Price Index The Statistical Institute of Belize’s latest figures on consumer prices showed that, for the month of September 2020, the national inflation rate stood at 0.3 percent. This was mainly the result of higher home rental and food costs being balanced out by substantially lower prices for fuel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).…
