Belize
Retiring to Belize from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand.
The country figures on this page were checked at their official sources on Oct 16, 2026; each one shows its own source and date.
Research in progress. The official data sources for Belize have not yet been through our quality assessment, so this page is incomplete. What is published here is sourced and dated; what is missing is missing rather than estimated.
Residency and healthcare · measured for Belize
- Food 106.1
- Housing, water, electricity and gas 69.3
- Health 72.0
- Transport 101.2
- Restaurants and hotels 82.1
- Communication 139.0
- Clothing and footwear 91.1
- Overall average 81.6
Cite this
Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Prices against the world average in Belize", https://expatalmanac.com/belize, figures as of 2021; original data: World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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We don't cover any towns in Belize yet.
Districts — no town covered yet: Belize · Cayo · Corozal · Orange Walk · Southern District · Toledo
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