Belize — IMF Forecasts

OverviewForecastsTrade
YearProjected Value
20262.20
20272.10
20282.00
20292.00
20302.00
20312.00

How the 2026 forecast for Belize changed

9 IMF World Economic Outlook rounds · April 2021 to April 2025

The IMF has published 9 World Economic Outlook rounds carrying a projection for Belize in 2026, running from April 2021 to April 2025. Each round restates the same year, so the distance between the first estimate and the latest is a record of how the institution changed its mind.

Real GDP growth for 2026 was first put at 2.0% in April 2021 and stands at 2.5% as of April 2025, a total revision of 0.5% raised. The single largest move came between April 2023 and October 2023, when the projection shifted by 0.5%.

Across the same rounds, inflation (average cpi) lowered from 2.0% to 1.5%; unemployment rate lowered from 13.6% to 2.6%; government gross debt lowered from 129.9 % of GDP to 58.8 % of GDP; and current account balance raised from -7.2 % of GDP to -1.5 % of GDP.

IMF projections for Belize in 2026, by publication round
IndicatorFirst estimateLatestRevisionPath
Real GDP growth
9 rounds from April 2021
2.0%2.5%+0.5%
Inflation (average CPI)
9 rounds from April 2021
2.0%1.5%-0.5%
Unemployment rate
9 rounds from April 2021
13.6%2.6%-11.0%
Government gross debt
9 rounds from April 2021
129.9 % of GDP58.8 % of GDP-71.2 % of GDP
Current account balance
9 rounds from April 2021
-7.2 % of GDP-1.5 % of GDP+5.7 % of GDP
GDP, current prices
9 rounds from April 2021
$2.2bn$3.8bn+$1.5bn

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, every archived release. Figures are the projection each round published for 2026, not a later restatement. Rounds that did not carry an indicator are omitted rather than interpolated, so a shorter path means fewer published estimates. Belize overview · methodology

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