IMF Staff Country Reports

Belize: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Belize

September 15, 2025

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International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. "Belize: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Belize", IMF Staff Country Reports 2025, 262 (2025), accessed 12/5/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229024433.002

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Summary

Growth is expected to be subdued in the near term before converging to its potential of 2 percent over the medium term, as tourism growth slows, reflecting capacity constraints, and commodity prices subside. Consequently, the public debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to fall more slowly, remaining around 58 percent through 2030 under the baseline. Risks to the outlook include increased trade barriers and global trade policy uncertainty, higher-for-longer global interest rates, and natural disasters.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Crime, Economic sectors, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt, Public sector

Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), authorities of Belize, Caribbean, Central America, currency peg, Fiscal stance, Global, government of Canada, policy priority, Public sector, RBS implementation