Last updated: 12/11/2021 Belize Region: Latin America & CaribbeanCapital: BelmopanCurrency: BZD Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Lower middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.85% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.72 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 51.99% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 397 621 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 1.76 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 4 435.62 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 1 Policy document 1 Programmes Social assistance 2 Social insurance 0 Labour market 0 Other Content publications 25 databases 38 webinars 1 blog posts 5 multimedia 3 news 6 Social Protection Programmes Building Opportunities for Our Social Transformation, BOOST Belize - Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples' Affairs, MHDFIPA Non-Contributory Pension Program Belize - Social Security Board, Belize - Ministry of Finance, MOF Legal and Policy Frameworks Belize: Social Security Act 2003 Belize, America National Poverty Elimination Strategy and Action Plan (NPESAP) 2009-2013 2009 America, Belize