Belize

Wealth and National Well-Being

Country Comparisons:
2010: see chart

World Factbook: "In this small, essentially private-enterprise economy, tourism is the number one foreign exchange earner followed by exports of marine products, citrus, cane sugar, bananas, and garments."

Unemployment rate
2008: 8.1%.

People

Living in an urban area
2008: 52%

Density measured in 2005: 12.6 persons per square kilometer.

Geography

East of Guatemala and just south of Mexico.

Government

Member of Commonwealth. A parliamentary democracy. Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II. Bicameral legislature. Capital: Belmopan.

Recent History

Independence from Britain in 1981.

SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/