Belize's services, value added (current LCU) was 4 billion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 51.12% from 2.65 billion in 2014 (4.22% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4 billion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3.05 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.65 billion | 2014 |
| Highest | 4 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | 110.8 million | 1978 |
| Average since 2015 | 3.11 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 110.8 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Belize's services, value added (current LCU) rose 5.5% on 2023 (from 3.79 billion to 4 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 85.8% in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.6% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 130.93 million a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Belize had the 26th highest value of the 31 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Belize in the 2024 ranking
- Solomon Islands — 22nd of 31: 6.28 billion
- Cayman Islands — 23rd of 31: 5.6 billion
- Curaçao — 24th of 31: 4.61 billion
- Timor-Leste — 26th of 31: 1.34 billion
- Turks and Caicos Islands — 27th of 31: 1.27 billion
- Tonga — 28th of 31: 761.45 million
What this measures
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 47 values
| Year | Services, value added (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,000,757,100 |
| 2023 | 3,792,917,200 |
| 2022 | 3,507,326,100 |
| 2021 | 2,967,648,100 |
| 2020 | 2,515,404,800 |
| 2019 | 3,051,248,400 |
| 2018 | 2,916,663,100 |
| 2017 | 2,834,963,000 |
| 2016 | 2,770,407,300 |
| 2015 | 2,726,625,500 |
| 2014 |
Services, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 4.33 billion (2025)
- Argentina — 475.97 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 5.12 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 12.22 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 11.52 billion (2024)
- Bolivia — 202.37 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 7.61 trillion (2025)
- Cayman Islands — 5.6 billion (2024)
- Chile — 188.74 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 1,084.66 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica
More economic policy & debt data for Belize
- GDP (current US$) — US$3.33 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 6.65 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.7 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 5.4 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$7,865 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 15,731 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$6,374 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 12,772 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$3.16 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 6.32 billion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 14,953 (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Belize's services, value added (current LCU)?
- 4 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is up 3,511% from 110.8 million in 1978 (8.11% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4 billion in 2024 and the lowest 110.8 million in 1978.
- How does Belize rank?
- 26th highest of 31 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in services, value added (current LCU) unusual for Belize?
- In 2024, Belize's services, value added (current LCU) rose 5.5% on 2023 (from 3.79 billion to 4 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.SRV.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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