Belize Unemployment with intermediate education, male (% of male labor force with intermediate education)

Belize Unemployment with intermediate education, male (% of male labor force with intermediate education): Key Points

• The 2014-2019 run puts Belize's unemployment with intermediate education, male at 5.46 % of male labor force with intermediate by the end, up from 4.99 % of male labor force with intermediate at the start — a rise of some 9%.
• 2015: rises to 6.46 % of male labor force with intermediate (+29%).
• 2016: holds around 6.38 % of male labor force with intermediate.
• 2017: jumps to 7.03 % of male labor force with intermediate (+10%).
• 2018-2019: drifts lower, 5.46 % of male labor force with intermediate (-22%).
• Overall move from 2014 to 2019: 9.3% gain, settling at 5.46 % of male labor force with intermediate.

Reading A Choppy Series

Don't anchor on the most recent year. With this much back-and-forth, the latest reading is one data point among several similarly-weighted ones, not the start of a new trend.

The single most useful thing to do with this chart is compare Belize against its neighbors or peers on the same unemployment with intermediate education, male series, not read the line in isolation — a number only means something relative to where everyone else stands.

Belize's number here, like most in this category, is built from a mix of direct measurement and statistical modeling — reliable for tracking direction, less reliable for pinning down an exact year-to-year figure.