Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize published its latest statistics on the consumer price index, external trade, and the consumer confidence index for September 2026.
Consumer Price Index
The Statistical Institute of Belize’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey indicated that, for the month of September 2026, the All-items CPI, which measures price levels across all categories of regularly purchased consumer goods and services, stood at 126.2. This was an increase from 120.5 recorded in September 2025, indicating an overall monthly national inflation rate of 4.7 percent. The year-to-date inflation rate for the first nine months of 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, stood at 3.1 percent. Notable price increases were recorded across several of the major CPI categories, most notably ‘Transport’, which was up by 7.4 percent, ‘Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages’, which rose by 2.4 percent, and ‘Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels’, which increased by 3.0 percent.
Click the following link to read more: Consumer Price Index, September 2026
Merchandise Trade
Belize’s total imports of goods for the month of September 2026 were valued at $241.8 million, representing a decrease of 3.8 percent or $9.6 million from the $251.4 million imported in September 2025. Merchandise imports for the period January to September 2026 amounted to $2.449 billion, representing an increase of 13.5 percent or $291.9 million from $2.157 billion recorded during the same nine-month period in 2025.
Domestic merchandise exports for the month of September 2026 totalled $47.9 million, an increase of 31.7 percent or $11.5 million when compared to September 2025, when exports were valued at $36.4 million. Merchandise exports for the period January to September 2026 totalled $320.7 million, down by 9.3 percent or $33.1 million from $353.8 million recorded during the same period in 2025.
Click the following link to read more: External Trade, September 2026
Consumer Confidence Index
For the month of September 2026, the national Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) stood at a pessimistic 38.4, representing a notable decrease of 9.6 percent from 42.4 in August 2026. This reflected diminished sentiment across all three CCI components at the national level during the month, and marked the lowest level of consumer confidence reported in almost two and a half years, since April of 2024.
Click the following link to read more: Consumer Confidence Index, September 2026
