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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Belize: Mobility & Trade

How connected is a country to the rest of the world?

Belize is placed 152nd of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 14.62 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 5.5 (2024).

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Mobility & Trade

152nd

of 177 countries placed

Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics

Country Index 2026, all topics80th of 183 →

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Belize on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

  1. Key 1 of 4

    Liner Shipping Connectivity Index

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    14.62

    LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 155th of 177 by UNCTAD

    Belize: 14.62. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.

    World median
    60.84
    Best in Central America
    213.84 Panama
    Land neighbours
    Guatemala 107.64 · Mexico 192.24

  2. Key 2 of 4

    Container Import Dwell Time

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    5.5

    Median days a full import container waits in port

    Lower is better

    Belize: 5.5. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.

    World median
    4.4
    Best in Central America
    4.9 Panama
    Land neighbours
    Guatemala 6.2 · Mexico 6.9

  3. Key 3 of 4

    Logistics Performance Index

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    No reading

    LPI score (1–5)

    Higher is better

    World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Belize, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.

    World median
    2.9
    Best in Central America
    3.1 Panama
    Land neighbours
    Guatemala 2.6 · Mexico 2.9

  4. Key 4 of 4

    ICT Goods Exports

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    0.18

    ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

    Higher is better

    Belize: 0.18. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.

    World median
    0.975
    Best in Central America
    12.45 Mexico
    Land neighbours
    Guatemala 0.2 · Mexico 12.45

03In context

Belize beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.

Central America
1st177thNot placed · 47 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on mobility & trade

Belize and the countries it borders

Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingLiner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in portLogistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5)ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Mexico=55th192.246.92.912.45
Guatemala113th107.646.22.60.2
Belize152nd14.625.5—0.18

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Across Central America

Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.

Placed either side on mobility & trade

The countries immediately above and below Belize in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Belize is ahead of the world, and behind

19 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median1

Statistics on which Belize does better than the middle country measured.

  • ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47410▲ Improved since 2014

    Belize: 10 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.

    Position 47th of 118 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

Behind the world median3

Statistics on which Belize does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4219.41▲ Improved since 2014

    Belize: 19.41 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.

    Position 100th of 170 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4567No earlier reading

    Belize: 7 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.

    Position 55th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4941.864▼ Worsened since 2022

    Belize: 1.864 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.

    Position 60th of 75 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No better end15

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.6618.05Moved since 2012

    Belize: 18.05 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60236.94Moved since 2015

    Belize: 36.94 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1789.29Moved since 2014

    Belize: 89.29 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08916.47Moved since 2015

    Belize: 16.47 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2799.863Moved since 2013

    Belize: 9.863 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1331.447Moved since 2013

    Belize: 1.447 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.327Moved since 2015

    Belize: 0.327 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8361,836Moved since 2015

    Belize: 1,836 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.573Moved since 2014

    Belize: 0.573 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7365.65Moved since 2016

    Belize: 65.65 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32368,706No real change since 2015

    Belize: 68,706 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.813.2No real change since 2012

    Belize: 13.2 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269347Moved since 2015

    Belize: 347 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4517,383No real change since 2015

    Belize: 7,383 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2386.59Moved since 2015

    Belize: 86.59 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

No current reading for Belize

Container Port Traffic (last 2023), Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Logistics Performance Index and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2024). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Mobility & Trade among Belize’s 16 topics

Mobility & Trade is Belize’s 16th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Peace & Security11th of 177
  2. Energy21st of 165
  3. Environment & Sustainability48th of 186
  4. Gender & Equalityjoint 56th of 183
  5. Economy & Innovation76th of 176
  6. Health & Wellbeing92nd of 200
  7. Poverty & Inequality75th of 159
  8. Democracy & Civil Liberties101st of 198
  9. Risk & Resilience110th of 193
  10. Governance & Institutions111th of 194
  11. Food & Agriculture109th of 184
  12. Development & Human Capital120th of 196
  13. Work & Labourjoint 134th of 182
  14. Digital & Technology148th of 198
  15. Education & Knowledgejoint 152nd of 198
  16. Mobility & Trade152nd of 177

06The top of the list

Who leads on mobility & trade

The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Belize can most readily be measured against.

All 177 countries
  1. 1

    Singapore

    South-eastern Asia

    1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Macau

    Eastern Asia

    2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Hong Kong

    Eastern Asia

    3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Americas

    United States7th4/4 keys

  2. Highest in Central America

    Mexico=55th4/4 keys

  3. This page

    Belize152nd3/4 keys

Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Analysis

Charts and analysis about Belize and mobility & trade

All charts

08Questions

Belize on mobility & trade: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Belize rank on mobility & trade?

Belize is placed 152nd of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Belize?

14.62 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.

What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Belize?

5.5 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.

How does Belize compare with Mexico on mobility & trade?

Mexico is placed joint 55th of 177, and Belize 152nd. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Mexico 192.24, Belize 14.62; Container Import Dwell Time: Mexico 6.9, Belize 5.5; ICT Goods Exports: Mexico 12.45, Belize 0.18.

How have Belize’s mobility & trade figures changed?

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 12.47 in 2006 to 17.36 in 2026; ICT Goods Exports rose from 0.07 in 2000 to 0.18 in 2024.

Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Belize?

No current reading is published for Belize on Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Logistics Performance Index and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

09Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.

About mobility & trade, in full

How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.

The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 19 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Belize’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Belize: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/belize/mobility

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