Unemployment Rate rose 68.5% to 13.2% in Belize in 2021, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Belize reached an all time high of 14.3% in 1998 and an all time low of 6.46% in 2019.
Belize has been ranked 12th within the group of 102 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 48 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Belize | % | 6.60% | 6.52% | 6.46% | 7.82% | 13.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 6.34% | 5.83% | 5.66% | 9.48% | 6.29% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 4.40% | 4.30% | 4.60% | 5.00% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | 4.39% | 4.01% | 3.96% | 6.98% | 7.09% | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | 2.46% | 2.41% | 2.36% | 4.65% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | 5.53% | 5.65% | 5.57% | 9.39% | 6.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 2.80% | 2.40% | 2.40% | 2.97% | 2.87% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 3.42% | 3.28% | 3.48% | 4.71% | 3.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 3.30% | 5.20% | 5.14% | 5.82% | 11.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 4.36% | 3.90% | 3.67% | 8.31% | 3.61% |
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