Distillers Belize
A one-page guide to Belize for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Belmopan
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- Belize dollar (BZD), pegged to USD
- Time zone
- UTC-6
- Area
- 22,966 km²
People
- Population
- 422,924 (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.4% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 41.6%
- Aged under 15
- 26.3%
- Aged 65 and over
- 5.2%
- Life expectancy
- 73.7 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$3.3 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$7,865 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 2.75% (2025)
- Inflation
- 1.06% (2025)
Climate
Tropical with pronounced wet and dry seasons; coast averages about 24 C in January and 27 C in July. Rainfall about 1,350 mm in the north and west to over 4,500 mm in the far south; dry season roughly January to April/May; hurricanes have been devastating historically (Lisa, 2022).
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18 shown in the table's de jure column; rarely enforced per the page
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 4.99 litres of pure alcohol (2024)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); WHO GHO OData (SA_0000001688); UN Comtrade public preview API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Belize; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Travellers Liquors (Wikipedia); Rhum Attitude - Belize rums; Master of Malt - Travellers distillery. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.