Belize vs Maldives

Belize and Maldives 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.

• Maldives has about 1.3 times as many people as Belize: 529,676 against 422,924 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Maldives ($14,615) is 86% higher than in Belize ($7,865) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Maldives (6.3%) than in Belize (2.7%), a difference of 3.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Maldives (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 Maldives (4.5%), a difference of 4.4 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Maldives can expect to live 7.6 years longer than one born in Belize: 81.3 years against 73.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Maldives is older: half of its people are over 31.1 years, against 25.9 years in Belize in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Maldives (85.2%) than in Belize (80%), a difference of 5.2 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Maldives (3.6 tonnes) are about 3.9 times as high as in Belize (0.93 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Belize (58%) than in Maldives (12.5%), a difference of 45.5 percentage points in 2024.