Belize National Statistical System Published by Statistical Institute of Belize

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Ratio of girls to boys in pre-primary; primary, secondary, TVET and tertiary education (SDG 4.5.1 - Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous people and conflict affected as data becomes available) for all indicators on this list that can be disaggregated) The purpose of the indicator is as the main measure of equity in education.
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Real GDP Growth (%) (is GDP given in constant prices and refers to the volume level of GDP. Constant price estimates of GDP are obtained by expressing values of all goods and services produced in a given year, expressed in terms of a base period.)1
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Real GDP per capita (BZD) Real GDP per capita = (Real GDP) / (Population)
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Real per capita GDP growth rate GDP given in constant prices and refers to the volume level of GDP. Constant price estimates of GDP are obtained by expressing values of all goods and services produced in a given year, expressed in terms of a base period, OECD.
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Reference period
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The time span an observation's value refers to, held as a period record rather than a column, so sub-annual reporting needs no schema change. BNSS data model
Release
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One upload of data for an indicator. Every observation belongs to a release, so any published figure can be traced to its upload and rolled back. BNSS data model
Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted. The purpose of this indicator is for monitoring the reduction of remittance prices.
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Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption Renewable energy technologies represent a major element in strategies for greening economies everywhere in the world and for tackling the critical global problem of climate change. Several definitions of renewable energy exist; what they have in common is highlighting as renewable all forms of energy that their consumption does not deplete their availability in the future. These include solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, geothermal resources, and bioenergy.
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Abstract
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption (SDG 7.2.1) The share of renewable energy in the gross final energy consumption.
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