Belize vs Jamaica

Belize and Jamaica compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Jamaica has about 6.7 times as many people as Belize: 2.8 million against 422,924 in 2025.
• GDP per person is about the same in Belize ($7,865) and Jamaica ($8,003) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Belize (2.7%) than in Jamaica (0.1%), a difference of 2.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Jamaica (4%) than in Belize (1.1%), a difference of 2.9 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Belize (8.9%) than in Jamaica (3.3%), a difference of 5.6 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Belize can expect to live 2.1 years longer than one born in Jamaica: 73.7 years against 71.6 years in 2024.
• The population of Jamaica is older: half of its people are over 31.7 years, against 25.9 years in Belize in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Jamaica (90.1%) than in Belize (80%), a difference of 10.1 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Jamaica (2.8 tonnes) are about 3 times as high as in Belize (0.93 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Belize (58%) than in Jamaica (56.5%), a difference of 1.5 percentage points in 2024.