Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Belize
Belize: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women was 0.1012 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1012
Change on year
down 5.9%
World rank
122nd
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.3273
in 1950
All-time low
0.1012
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Belize, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belize recorded 0.1012 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Belize peaked at 0.3273 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1012, in 2023.
That places Belize 122nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3273 | — |
| 1951 | 0.3215 | -1.8% |
| 1952 | 0.3156 | -1.9% |
| 1953 | 0.3099 | -1.8% |
| 1954 | 0.3031 | -2.2% |
| 1955 | 0.2999 | -1.1% |
| 1956 | 0.2889 | -3.7% |
| 1957 | 0.2811 | -2.7% |
| 1958 | 0.2732 | -2.8% |
| 1959 | 0.2657 | -2.7% |
| 1960 | 0.2589 | -2.6% |
| 1961 | 0.311 | +20.1% |
| 1962 | 0.2477 | -20.4% |
| 1963 | 0.2432 | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 0.2389 | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.2344 | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.2291 | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.2235 | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.2177 | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.2122 | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.2066 | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.2016 | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1969 | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1919 | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1873 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.1827 | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1784 | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1746 | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1724 | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.1687 | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1663 | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.164 | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.1617 | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1589 | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1553 | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1514 | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1476 | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1441 | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.1412 | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1389 | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1369 | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.136 | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1356 | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.1345 | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.1336 | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1331 | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1328 | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.1328 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1338 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1324 | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1328 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.133 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1275 | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1259 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.1239 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1232 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1219 | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1211 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.1212 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1197 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.1189 | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.118 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.1166 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.1153 | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1139 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1125 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.111 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1094 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1079 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1065 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1114 | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 0.1136 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1076 | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1012 | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2986 | 0.2657 | 0.3273 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2417 | 0.2122 | 0.311 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1861 | 0.1687 | 0.2066 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1529 | 0.1389 | 0.1663 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1341 | 0.1324 | 0.1369 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.125 | 0.1197 | 0.133 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.113 | 0.1065 | 0.1189 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1085 | 0.1012 | 0.1136 | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Belize
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.01 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,857 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -13.82 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.74 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.7% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Belize?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Belize was 0.1012 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3273 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1012 in 2023.
- How does Belize rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women?
- Belize ranks 122nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.