from friends....

Don't you get all your stuff in, including furniture, boats, and vehicles, duty free?
That alone would make it worth the while for a Belizean to apply for QRP.

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IDK. Spouse or dependent children (even grandchildren, I believe) of Belizeans are entitled to Citizenship and they can get a dependent's visa for about 25$/year to remain in country while waiting for citizenship registration to process. That makes more sense to me than QRP although QRP has gone through some significant changes since its original inception.

Can't imagine many Belizeans would want to obligate to deposit US$2K/mo. into a BZ$ account for five years and last I heard that's what foreign national QRPs agree to do.

The pie chart Belizeans may fall under a program that was talked about some years ago to encourage Belizeans abroad to retire to Belize. If I recall correctly the incentives were low cost lots and/or homes, plus importation of duty free household goods and possibly even vehicles. Maybe this category of retired Belizeans are counted in the total statistics.

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I believe that $2000 per month is forever and you have to agree not to be employed the whole time as well, although you can start your own business. You do get one vehicle in for free and can bring in most, if not all, of your "personal" possessions (unless you have a car collection).