Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belize instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

be 20.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Belize, that number is 1.2% of people as of 2020.

live 0.9 years less

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Belize, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 55.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belize, that number is 8.3% as of 2023.

make 28.5% less money

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a GDP per capita of $17,900 as of 2023, while in Belize, the GDP per capita is $12,800 as of 2023.

Life

be 13.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 12.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Belize, on the other hand, 11.2 children do as of 2022.

have 48.7% more children

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there are approximately 11.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belize, there are 17.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.1 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 62.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belize, 130.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 27.1% less likely to have internet access

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 85.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Belize, about 62.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 52.6% more on education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 5.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Belize spends 8.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 43.8% more on healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 4.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belize, that number is 6.9% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 4.6 times more coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 km of coastline. In Belize, that number is 386 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Belize: At a glance

Belize is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 22,806 sq km. Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high unemployment, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, high crime rates, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America.
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