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Belize
Belize's Cabinet approved a nationwide biometric digital ID rollout in July 2025, after a pilot of 500 people. Stakeholder consultations were to build the legal groundwork.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Belize
- Program
- Biometric national digital ID
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card voluntary
- Biometrics
- Yes
The ID is meant to be the single identification mechanism for citizens and legal residents, replacing documents including passports, social security cards, driver's licences and voter IDs. It follows a six-month pilot.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
Central Bank of Belize research.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2025-07Rolling it out
Belize's Cabinet approved a nationwide biometric digital ID rollout. Sumsub ↗
UN and WHO
How Belize has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Didn't vote
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 69.5 · rank 83 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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