Relationship dossier
Belize
United States
Relationship assessment
Belize–United States ties include practical cooperation on security, law enforcement and assistance.
Belize toward United States
+30Belize has cooperated with U.S. agencies on counternarcotics and regional law-enforcement matters, supporting practical bilateral security work.
United States toward Belize
+35The United States has provided assistance to Belize, including support related to security, and has worked with Belizean authorities on counternarcotics and law enforcement.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation in security assistance and law-enforcement coordination. These areas are meaningful but do not, on the information summarized here, establish a broader or unusually close partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Belize and the United States have cooperated on counternarcotics and law enforcement, with Belizean authorities working with U.S. agencies on regional security concerns. The United States has also provided assistance to Belize, including security-related support. These areas indicate practical cooperation, though the scope and consistency of bilateral initiatives are not fully clear.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of Belizean cooperation with U.S. law-enforcement and counternarcotics programs are unclear.
- The extent and recent priorities of U.S. assistance to Belize are uncertain.