Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Belize instead of Jamaica, you would:
Health
be 14.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Belize, that number is 1.2% of people as of 2020.
Economy
make 29.9% less money
Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $8,700 as of 2020, while in Belize, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2020.
be 16.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Jamaica, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Belize, that number is 9.0% as of 2017.
be 2.4 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Belize, however, that number is 41.0% as of 2013.
Life
be 55.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Jamaica, approximately 80.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belize, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
have 33.8% more children
In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belize, there are 21.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 46.3% more on education
Jamaica spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Belize spends 7.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 62.2% less coastline
Jamaica has a total of 1,022 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
How big is Belize compared to Jamaica? See an in-depth size comparison.