Unemployment rate: Belize
8.856% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.856 |
| 2024 | 8.698 |
| 2023 | 8.278 |
| 2022 | 8.682 |
| 2021 | 10.302 |
| 2020 | 10.763 |
| 2019 | 9.053 |
| 2018 | 9.346 |
| 2017 | 6.596 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7.578 |
| 2014 | 8.244 |
| 2013 | 8.349 |
| 2012 | 8.378 |
| 2011 | 8.424 |
| 2010 | 8.412 |
| 2009 | 8.323 |
| 2008 | 8.18 |
| 2007 | 8.51 |
| 2006 | 9.39 |
| 2005 | 10.91 |
| 2004 | 10.586 |
| 2003 | 10.342 |
| 2002 | 10.04 |
| 2001 | 9.07 |
| 2000 | 10.841 |
| 1999 | 12.84 |
| 1998 | 14.31 |
| 1997 | 12.68 |
| 1996 | 13.82 |
| 1995 | 12.48 |
| 1994 | 11.1 |
| 1993 | 9.78 |
| 1992 | 9.654 |
| 1991 | 9.647 |