Agriculture is the country’s main economic resource, yet there’s only of fraction or arable lands.
In the early 1990s, annual exports were in the neighborhood of $28.6 million. Main exports: sugar, gardening products, concentrated orange and grapefruit juice, seafood, bananas and re-exports.
Life expectancy is 69,85 years for men and 71,78 years for women. Daily per-capita calories: 2,575 Annual growth: 5 % (1985-1994) Consumer Index Price: 100 in 1990; 106,3 in 1994 Number of children per woman: 4,5 (1992)
In the early 1990s, annual exports peaked $28.6 million and costs of imports reached $545.3 million.
The country’s big factories make foodstuffs, wood and clothing.The nation’s tourist development has only begun and is based mostly on the unmatchable beauty of its quasi-unexplored coastlines and because it’s the least known of all Mayan-circuit destinations: Caracol, Lamanai, Altun-Ha, Cahal Pech, Xunantunich, etc.
La industria de la pesca es el tercer rubro generador de divisas para el país, lo cual la convierte en una actividad muy importante para la economía beliceña La pesca artesanal de langosta es la actividad que genera mayores ingresos dentro de la industria pesquera, lo que ha motivado la organización exitosa de los pescadores en dos grandes cooperativas, Northern y National. Estas empresas se encargan de las labores de procesamiento, empaque y exportación de las colas; aunque también satisfacen el mercado local, pues la legislación beliceña establece que deben vender un 5% de su producción total dentro del país.
Produce exports are made up of sugar, citrus fruits and bananas. Rice, beans, corn and other crops are grown for self-sufficiency.Banana, sugar and citrus fruit production grew to employ 40% of the country’s workforce and comprised four-fifths of all national exports.Fishing is the fourth major economic activity. Tourism turned out to be the fastest-growing economic sector. A few recent archeological discoveries about the Mayan civilization shed light on natural reserves and seawater protection.
A 3,000-km-long road network stitches together huge urban centers, though other areas remain shut off. There’s an international airport in Belize City.
