Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Belize

Belize: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 73.57 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
73.57 years
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
135th
of 236 countries
All-time high
73.57 years
in 2023
All-time low
49.2 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Belize, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Belize is 73.57 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Belize peaked at 73.57 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 49.2 years, in 1950.

Belize ranks 135th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 52.7 years 49.2 years 56.58 years 10
1960s 59.53 years 52.94 years 62.5 years 10
1970s 65.03 years 63.04 years 66.68 years 10
1980s 68.2 years 66.88 years 69.53 years 10
1990s 69.39 years 68.91 years 69.64 years 10
2000s 70.03 years 68.91 years 70.81 years 10
2010s 71.61 years 70.88 years 72.58 years 10
2020s 72.06 years 70.92 years 73.57 years 4

Countries ranked near Belize

  1. 132 Dominican Republic 73.72 years compare
  2. 133 North Korea 73.64 years compare
  3. 134 Suriname 73.63 years compare
  4. 136 Trinidad and Tobago 73.49 years compare
  5. 137 Ukraine 73.42 years compare
  6. 138 Russia 73.15 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Belize?
Life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Belize was 73.57 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Belize?
The highest recorded value was 73.57 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Belize?
The lowest recorded value was 49.2 years in 1950.
How does Belize rank for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
Belize ranks 135th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Belize?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Belize data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.