If you lived in Belize instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:

Health

live 2.4 years longer

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the average life expectancy is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Belize, that number is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 50.0% more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 0.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Belize, that number is 1.2% of people as of 2024.

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be 25.5% more likely to be obese

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 34.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Belize, that number is 43.4% of people as of 2024.

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see 36.8% less spent on your healthcare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends $908 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Belize spends $573 as of 2023.

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be 10.2 times more likely to die by suicide

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a suicide rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Belize, it is 4.2 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 50.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 18.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Belize, that number is 8.9% as of 2025.

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make 37.4% less money

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a GDP per capita of $12,562 as of 2025, while in Belize, the GDP per capita is $7,865 as of 2025.

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Life

have 50.9% more children

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belize, there are 18.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 19.6% more likely to die during childbirth

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, approximately 56.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Belize, 67.0 women do as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 28.5% less on education

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 6.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Belize spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 4.6 times more coastline

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a total of 84 km of coastline. In Belize, that number is 386 km.

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Safety

be 45.3% less likely to be murdered

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a homicide rate of 51.3 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Belize, that number is 28.1 per 100,000 as of 2022.

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be 3.6 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, road accidents kill 4.8 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Belize, they kill 17.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 84.1% less strain on fresh water

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines withdraws 8% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Belize withdraws 1% as of 2022.

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find 66.9% less home broadband

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has 29.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Belize has 9.8 as of 2022.

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Environment

be 16.0% less likely to die from air pollution

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, air pollution causes 25.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Belize, it causes 21.0 as of 2019.

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emit 29.0% less CO2

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines emits 1.3 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Belize emits 0.9 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Belize: At a glance

Belize is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 22,806 sq km. Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high unemployment, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, high crime rates, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America.
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