Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Texas instead of Belize, you would:
Health
be 15.2% less likely to be obese
In Belize, 43.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Texas, that number is 36.8% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 56.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Belize, 8.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Texas, that number is 3.9% as of 2025.
make 8.9 times more money
Belize has a GDP per capita of $7,865 as of 2025, while in Texas, the GDP per capita is $70,071 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 12.6% more likely to have internet access
In Belize, approximately 80.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Texas, about 90.1% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
