Belize Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Belize unemployment rate for 2022 was 8.67%, a 1.49% decline from 2021.
Belize unemployment rate for 2021 was 10.16%, a 0.46% decline from 2020.
Belize unemployment rate for 2020 was 10.62%, a 1.57% increase from 2019.
Belize unemployment rate for 2019 was 9.05%, a 1.15% increase from 2018.

Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name	Unemployment Rate (%)
South Africa	28.84%
Botswana	23.62%
Gabon	20.61%
Namibia	19.99%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.55%
Libya	19.30%
Jordan	19.19%
St. Lucia	15.77%
Iraq	15.32%
Montenegro	15.25%
North Macedonia	14.43%
Bosnia	12.66%
Algeria	12.49%
Guyana	12.30%
Lebanon	11.75%
Albania	11.63%
Costa Rica	11.32%
Colombia	10.55%
Turkey	10.43%
Samoa	10.04%
Brazil	9.23%
Iran	8.82%
Serbia	8.68%
Belize	8.67%
Armenia	8.59%
Equatorial Guinea	8.58%
Suriname	8.23%
Paraguay	6.75%
Mauritius	6.32%
Azerbaijan	5.65%
Venezuela	5.62%
Romania	5.61%
Dominican Republic	5.50%
Jamaica	5.50%
China	4.98%
Kazakhstan	4.86%
Fiji	4.56%
Maldives	4.39%
Bulgaria	4.27%
Turkmenistan	4.13%
Russia	3.87%
Peru	3.85%
Ecuador	3.76%
Malaysia	3.63%
Belarus	3.57%
Mexico	3.26%
Guatemala	3.05%
Tonga	2.43%
Cuba	1.25%
Thailand	0.94%
Tuvalu	0.00%
American Samoa	0.00%
Marshall Islands	0.00%
Nauru	0.00%
Dominica	0.00%
Grenada	0.00%

Belize Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year	Unemployment Rate (%)	Annual Change
2022	8.67%	-1.49%
2021	10.16%	-0.46%
2020	10.62%	1.57%
2019	9.05%	1.15%
2018	7.90%	1.30%
2017	6.60%	-0.40%
2016	7.00%	-0.58%
2015	7.58%	-0.66%
2014	8.24%	-0.11%
2013	8.35%	-0.03%
2012	8.38%	-0.05%
2011	8.44%	0.01%
2010	8.42%	0.09%
2009	8.34%	0.16%
2008	8.18%	-0.33%
2007	8.51%	-0.88%
2006	9.39%	-1.52%
2005	10.91%	0.31%
2004	10.60%	0.24%
2003	10.36%	0.32%
2002	10.04%	0.97%
2001	9.07%	-1.74%
2000	10.81%	-2.03%
1999	12.84%	-1.47%
1998	14.31%	1.63%
1997	12.68%	-1.14%
1996	13.82%	1.34%
1995	12.48%	1.38%
1994	11.10%	1.32%
1993	9.78%	0.12%
1992	9.66%	0.02%
1991	9.64%	9.64%
1990	0.00%	0.00%
1989	0.00%	0.00%
1988	0.00%	0.00%
1987	0.00%	0.00%
1986	0.00%	0.00%
1985	0.00%	0.00%
1984	0.00%	0.00%
1983	0.00%	0.00%
1982	0.00%	0.00%
1981	0.00%	0.00%
1980	0.00%	0.00%
1979	0.00%	0.00%
1978	0.00%	0.00%
1977	0.00%	0.00%
1976	0.00%	0.00%
1975	0.00%	0.00%
1974	0.00%	0.00%
1973	0.00%	0.00%
1972	0.00%	0.00%
1971	0.00%	0.00%
1970	0.00%	0.00%
1969	0.00%	0.00%
1968	0.00%	0.00%
1967	0.00%	0.00%
1966	0.00%	0.00%
1965	0.00%	0.00%
1964	0.00%	0.00%
1963	0.00%	0.00%
1962	0.00%	0.00%
1961	0.00%	0.00%
1960	0.00%	0.00%