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Aliases: British Honduras

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Geography
Area 22,966 km²
Continent North America
Land area 22,806 km²
Water area 160 km²
Land boundaries 542 km
Border countries
  • Guatemala
  • Mexico
Coastline 386 km
Mean elevation 173 m
Lowest point 0 m
Highest point 1,124 m
People
Population 399,598
Official languages
  • English
Religion Roman Catholic
Government
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Short country name Belize
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Former name
  • British Honduras
Government type Parliamentary democracy
Capital Belmopan
Economy
GDP (PPP) 3,218,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 1,854,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) 0.8 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 8,300 USD
Gross national saving 11.3 % of GDP
Labor force 120,500
Unemployment rate 9 %
Population below poverty line 41 %
Budget revenues 553,500,000 USD
Budget expenditures 572,000,000 USD
Military expenditures 1.26 % of GDP
Taxes and other revenues 29.9 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit -1 % of GDP
Public debt 99 % of GDP
Inflation rate 1.1 %
Central bank discount rate 9.58 %
Commercial bank prime lending rate 9.46 %
Stock of narrow money 768,800,000 USD
Stock of broad money 768,800,000 USD
Stock of domestic credit 1,323,000,000 USD
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Current account balance -143,000,000 USD
Exports 457,500,000 USD
Imports 845,900,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 312,100,000 USD
External debt 1,315,000,000 USD
National currency Belizean dollars
National currency (code) BZD
National currency (symbol) BZ$
National currency rate to USD 2

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 1862. 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. Both nations have voted to send the dispute for final resolution to the International Court of Justice. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high crime rates, high unemployment combined with a majority youth population, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America.

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