Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Colombia instead of Belize, you would:
Health
be 66.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Belize, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Colombia, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.
live 0.9 years less
In Belize, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Colombia, that number is 75 years (71 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 2.2 times more money
Belize has a GDP per capita of $6,100 as of 2020, while in Colombia, the GDP per capita is $13,400 as of 2020.
be 12.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Belize, 41.0% live below the poverty line as of 2013. In Colombia, however, that number is 35.7% as of 2019.
be 16.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Belize, 9.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Colombia, that number is 10.5% as of 2019.
Life
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Belize, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Colombia, 83.0 women do as of 2017.
have 28.5% fewer children
In Belize, there are approximately 21.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Colombia, there are 15.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 37.3% more likely to have internet access
In Belize, approximately 51.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Colombia, about 70.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 43.0% less on education
Belize spends 7.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Colombia spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 28.3% more on healthcare
Belize spends 6.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Colombia, that number is 7.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 8.3 times more coastline
Belize has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Colombia, that number is 3,208 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Colombia: At a glance
How big is Colombia compared to Belize? See an in-depth size comparison.