Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Belize instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
be 100.0% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Saint Lucia, 0.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Belize, that number is 1.2% of people as of 2020.
live 3.1 years less
In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Belize, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.
be 22.3% more likely to be obese
In Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Belize, that number is 24.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 55.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 20.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2003. In Belize, that number is 9.0% as of 2017.
make 50.4% less money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2020, while in Belize, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2020.
be 64.0% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Belize, however, that number is 41.0% as of 2013.
Life
be 69.2% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 117.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Belize, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
have 77.0% more children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Belize, there are 21.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 2.2 times more on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Belize spends 7.9% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 39.5% more on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Belize, that number is 6.0% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.4 times more coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 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 Saint Lucia? See an in-depth size comparison.