Education in Belize 152 indicators covering education for Belize. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th Population ages 15-64 68.5% 2025 up 6.9% 39th Population ages 0-14 26.3% 2025 down 17.5% 88th Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th School enrollment, primary 96.5% 2024 down 14.5% 145th Primary education, teachers 2,497 2024 up 7.6% 169th School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% 2024 down 12.8% 146th School enrollment, primary, male 96.9% 2024 down 16.0% 139th Labor force, total 184,286 2025 up 18.8% 175th Labor force, female 39.2% 2025 up 3.8% 144th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.955 GPI 2021 down 0.2% 167th School enrollment, secondary 86.5% 2024 up 7.6% 121st Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 9.7 per 1,000 2024 down 6.7% 39th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 48th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 26.3% 104th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 35.3% 105th Secondary education, teachers 2,319 2024 up 9.6% 165th School enrollment, secondary, female 87.4% 2024 up 5.7% 123rd School enrollment, secondary, male 85.5% 2024 up 9.6% 116th School enrollment, tertiary 24.8% 2024 up 3.3% 121st School enrollment, primary, private 80.7% 2024 down 1.6% 3rd School enrollment, preprimary 34.2% 2021 down 21.4% 144th School enrollment, tertiary, male 17.7% 2024 down 1.6% 130th School enrollment, tertiary, female 32.1% 2024 up 6.8% 119th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2021 down 3.4% 77th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.45 GPI 2024 up 3.4% 21st Secondary education, teachers, female 1,518 2024 up 16.6% 156th Primary completion rate, female 96.4% 2024 down 6.5% 79th Primary completion rate, male 92.1% 2024 down 12.5% 106th Government expenditure on education, total 4.6% 2024 down 10.1% 74th Secondary education, general pupils 37,052 2018 up 24.3% 163rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 79.1% 2024 up 23.5% 119th School enrollment, preprimary, female 34.8% 2021 down 20.5% 142nd School enrollment, preprimary, male 33.5% 2021 down 22.2% 142nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 96.1% 2023 up 1.5% 62nd Government expenditure on education, total 18.9% 2024 down 12.3% 27th Secondary education, general pupils 50.9% 2018 down 1.0% 61st Lower secondary completion rate, female 82.8% 2024 up 19.7% 120th Lower secondary completion rate, male 75.6% 2024 up 28.1% 117th Children out of school 10.7% 2024 up 2,042.5% 48th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 44,757 2024 down 13.9% 166th Secondary education, pupils 38,323 2024 up 3.3% 168th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 96.5% 2023 up 3.2% 58th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 95.6% 2023 down 0.2% 59th Secondary education, vocational pupils 3,301 2018 up 151.4% 151st Number of under-five deaths, male 53 2024 down 23.2% 160th Number of under-five deaths, female 41 2024 down 24.1% 160th Number of infant deaths, female 35 2024 down 22.2% 160th Number of infant deaths, male 45 2024 down 22.4% 159th Children out of school, female 10.2% 2024 up 459.4% 58th Children out of school, male 11.1% 2024 up 814.7% 51st Secondary education, vocational pupils 47.2% 2018 down 6.4% 49th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.5% 2018 down 6.1% 129th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.9% 2025 up 8.2% 73rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 13.5% 2025 up 21.3% 30th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.9% 2025 up 16.9% 47th Primary education, teachers 77.4% 2024 up 4.8% 99th Repeaters, primary, total 6.7% 2018 down 18.8% 50th Page 1 of 3 Next →