Education in Belize

833 indicators covering education for Belize.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th
Population ages 15-64 68.5% 2025 up 6.9% 39th
Population ages 0-14 26.3% 2025 down 17.5% 88th
Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th
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
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.02 live births per woman 2024 down 18.3% 111th
School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% 2024 down 12.8% 146th
School enrollment, primary, male 96.9% 2024 down 16.0% 139th
Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 2.01 live births per woman 2023 down 19.7% 113th
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 2.01 live births per woman 2023 down 19.7% 113th
Labor force, total 184,286 2025 up 18.8% 175th
Labor force, female 39.2% 2025 up 3.8% 144th
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 96.5% 2024 down 14.5% 154th
Share of children who have completed primary school 90.2% 2025 107th
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
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 unchanged 68th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 3,938 number 2020 down 0.2% 166th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 3,852 number 2020 down 0.5% 165th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 7,790 number 2020 down 0.3% 166th
School age population, tertiary education, male 19,657 number 2019 up 26.8% 167th
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 39,334 number 2019 up 26.4% 167th
School age population, tertiary education, female 19,677 number 2019 up 26.1% 166th
School age population, upper secondary education, male 8,026 number 2020 up 14.7% 173rd
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 15,937 number 2020 up 14.4% 173rd
School age population, upper secondary education, female 7,911 number 2020 up 14.1% 172nd
School age population, secondary education, male 23,635 number 2020 up 8.2% 168th
School age population, secondary education, both sexes 46,646 number 2020 up 7.2% 166th
School age population, secondary education, female 23,011 number 2020 up 6.1% 166th
School age population, lower secondary education, male 15,609 number 2020 up 5.1% 164th
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 30,709 number 2020 up 3.8% 164th
School age population, lower secondary education, female 15,100 number 2020 up 2.4% 163rd
School age population, primary education, male 23,322 number 2020 down 0.9% 167th
School age population, primary education, both sexes 45,920 number 2020 down 1.8% 167th
School age population, primary education, female 22,598 number 2020 down 2.7% 166th
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 7,540 number 2020 down 1.9% 167th
School age population, last grade of primary education, female 3,693 number 2020 down 3.5% 167th
School age population, pre-primary education, male 7,923 number 2019 up 1.7% 173rd
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 15,701 number 2019 up 1.9% 171st
School age population, pre-primary education, female 7,778 number 2019 up 2.1% 171st
Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 80.7% 2024 down 1.6% 3rd
Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 11.98 years 2023 down 6.5% 137th
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, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.45 GPI 2024 up 3.4% 21st
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2021 down 3.4% 77th
Secondary education, teachers, female 1,518 2024 up 16.6% 156th