International tourism, expenditures in Belize
Belize: International tourism, expenditures was 2.4% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Belize, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Belize stood at 2.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 35.2% on the previous year and down 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Belize peaked at 11.8% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2020.
That places Belize 130th out of 186 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 10.1% | — |
| 1996 | 11.8% | +16.8% |
| 1997 | 8.0% | -32.4% |
| 1998 | 8.5% | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 8.3% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 7.5% | -10.1% |
| 2001 | 7.7% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | -16.6% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 5.7% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | -19.8% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | +19.7% |
| 2010 | 4.8% | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 3.9% | -19.1% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 4.9% | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -35.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.4% | 8.0% | 11.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 6.6% | 4.6% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.3% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 127 Madagascar 2.6% compare
- 128 Nepal 2.5% compare
- 129 Côte d'Ivoire 2.5% compare
- 131 Pakistan 2.4% compare
- 132 Switzerland 2.4% compare
- 133 Honduras 2.3% compare
More private sector data for Belize
- Merchandise trade 56.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 95.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 3.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,050 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1335 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Belize?
- International tourism, expenditures in Belize was 2.4% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 1996.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2020.
- How does Belize rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Belize ranks 130th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.