Education in Belize 152 indicators covering education for Belize. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Persistence to grade 5, total 97.2% 2023 up 0.8% 46th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 9 2024 down 35.7% 162nd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 10 2024 down 33.3% 162nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 42 2024 down 10.6% 158th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 77 2024 up 6.9% 154th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 97.7% 2018 down 4.4% 136th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 99.3% 2018 down 7.7% 116th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.3% 2100 down 30.8% 110th Number of adults with no formal education by region 1,700 people 2100 down 32.0% 161st Population by level of education 243,000 people 2100 up 7.7% 171st Repeaters, primary, female 5.1% 2018 down 26.4% 54th Repeaters, primary, male 8.1% 2018 down 14.0% 45th School enrollment, secondary, private 66.4% 2024 up 6.8% 7th School enrollment, primary 95.9% 2018 up 2.3% 55th Trained teachers in primary education 88.7% 2024 up 46.0% 88th Over-age students, primary 8.7% 2018 down 24.8% 72nd Secondary education, teachers 65.5% 2024 up 6.4% 62nd School enrollment, primary, female 95.0% 2013 up 2.8% 58th School enrollment, primary, male 96.5% 2013 up 5.1% 41st Over-age students, primary, male 10.0% 2018 down 21.1% 70th Over-age students, primary, female 7.2% 2018 down 30.1% 81st Compulsory education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 156th Progression to secondary school 97.4% 2017 up 1.0% 83rd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 99.0% 2018 up 2.9% 32nd Trained teachers in primary education, female 90.0% 2024 up 44.3% 78th Trained teachers in primary education, male 84.0% 2024 up 49.8% 86th Primary education, pupils 47.7% 2018 down 1.8% 168th Tertiary education, academic staff 54.0% 2024 up 6.8% 25th Persistence to grade 5, female 97.6% 2023 up 2.6% 43rd Persistence to grade 5, male 96.7% 2023 down 1.0% 41st School enrollment, secondary 71.1% 2018 up 12.3% 97th Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th Progression to secondary school, male 97.4% 2017 up 1.2% 77th School enrollment, secondary, female 73.4% 2018 up 11.1% 98th School enrollment, secondary, male 69.0% 2018 up 13.6% 95th Progression to secondary school, female 97.3% 2017 up 0.8% 82nd Expenditure on tertiary education 9.5% 2017 up 3.1% 142nd Literacy rate, youth female 96.6% 2022 up 0.0% 60th Children out of school, primary 4,953 2024 up 2,057.5% 127th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 98.6% 2013 up 4.2% 22nd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 99.0% 2013 up 6.4% 13th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 19.78 2018 down 12.5% 95th Expenditure on secondary education 40.0% 2017 down 1.0% 32nd Expenditure on primary education 31.4% 2017 down 33.7% 84th Secondary education, pupils 50.6% 2018 down 1.5% 48th Children out of school, primary, female 2,317 2024 up 449.1% 131st Children out of school, primary, male 2,636 2024 up 821.7% 128th Trained teachers in preprimary education 77.0% 2024 up 154.1% 74th Trained teachers in secondary education 71.0% 2024 up 100.3% 82nd Adolescents out of school 7.1% 2024 down 15.1% 83rd Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 76.7% 2024 up 157.2% 73rd Trained teachers in secondary education, female 73.9% 2024 up 81.2% 78th Trained teachers in secondary education, male 65.4% 2024 up 143.2% 80th Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 16.72 2018 down 1.4% 82nd Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 16.44 2018 down 1.4% 96th Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 90.0% 2024 up 35.0% 49th Adolescents out of school, female 6.4% 2024 down 32.0% 85th Adolescents out of school, male 7.8% 2024 down 17.7% 77th Net intake rate in grade 1 61.5% 2018 up 2.5% 80th Trained teachers in lower secondary education 73.3% 2024 up 92.3% 63rd ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →