Trade as a share of GDP in Belize

Trade in goods and services was equal to 109.0% of GDP in Belize in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2012.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Belize, 2024 109.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +2.6percentage points 2023: 106.4%
World, 2024 56.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 48th of 172 See the full ranking

Trade as a share of GDP in Belize over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Trade as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period BelizeWorld
2025 – 68.5%
2024 109.0% 56.7%
2023 106.4% 58.1%
2022 107.8% 62.1%
2021 99.0% 56.5%
2020 81.6% 51.9%
2019 102.4% 55.8%
2018 101.0% 57.0%
2017 97.7% 55.5%
2016 96.5% 53.8%
2015 104.1% 55.6%
2014 107.1% 58.0%
2013 108.7% 58.6%
2012 111.2% 59.3%
2011 106.9% 59.3%
2010 94.9% 56.2%
2009 89.6% 51.9%
2008 105.5% 60.3%
2007 96.0% 58.7%
2006 98.9% 58.4%
2005 93.0% 56.2%
2004 86.4% 54.2%
2003 94.4% 50.7%
2002 93.1% 49.0%
2001 93.2% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.6 percentage points from 106.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 107.1%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2024, Belize has the 48th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 56.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2024 for Belize
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices