Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Belize
Belize: Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP was 25.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Belize, 1996–2024
Source: UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Belize stood at 25.5%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 111.6% over five years.
Over the whole period, spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Belize peaked at 25.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 1998.
Belize ranks 16th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Belize, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11.2% | — |
| 1997 | 11.1% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 10.9% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 15.4% | +27.6% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | +37.0% |
| 2023 | 24.0% | +13.8% |
| 2024 | 25.5% | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.1% | 10.9% | 11.2% | 3 |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 12.1% | 25.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 13 Lebanon 27.8% compare
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.0% compare
- 15 Malta 26.3% compare
- 17 Cape Verde 23.9% compare
- 18 United States Virgin Islands 22.3% compare
- 19 Albania 21.9% compare
More economy & growth data for Belize
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.27 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.54 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0659 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 506.5 current US$ per person (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.1319 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 1,013 current LCU per person (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.0528 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 414.99 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 841.18 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Belize?
- Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Belize was 25.5% in 2024, according to UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 1998.
- How does Belize rank for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp?
- Belize ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors, including spending on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment, shopping, and fares paid to the country’s own airlines, as a share of, as a share of GDP.