Education in Belize

833 indicators covering education for Belize.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index 0.9759 GPI 2019 down 6.0% 131st
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
Government spending on education as a share of GDP 4.6% 2024 down 10.1% 75th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 61.7% 2019 up 17.4% 126th
Primary education, pupils 47.7% 2018 down 1.8% 168th
Inequality in education 0.1481 2023 down 6.6% 82nd
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 6.6% 2017 down 13.4% 47th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 66.6% 2019 up 17.0% 122nd
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 56.8% 2019 up 17.7% 125th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.17 GPI 2019 down 0.6% 25th
Tertiary education, academic staff 54.0% 2024 up 6.8% 25th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 8.4% 2018 down 29.0% 32nd
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 10.3% 2018 down 36.7% 31st
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
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational pr 9.4% 2019 up 127.2% 89th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocatio 18.9% 2019 up 2.4% 86th
Progression to secondary school, male 97.4% 2017 up 1.2% 77th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 9,830 number 2019 up 41.0% 159th
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
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroa 883 number 2018 up 1.6% 187th
Literacy rate, youth female 96.6% 2022 up 0.0% 60th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both 10.0% 2019 down 21.8% 57th
Children out of school, primary 4,953 2024 up 2,057.5% 127th
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 1,804 number 2019 up 30.7% 119th
Enrolment in secondary education, female 20,289 number 2019 up 24.4% 162nd
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 65.1% 2019 up 4.9% 58th
Teachers in lower secondary education, female 1,174 number 2019 up 37.1% 109th
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
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, female 5.5% 2017 down 19.1% 41st
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male 7.6% 2017 down 9.4% 41st
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 17 years 2019 unchanged 133rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 19.78 2018 down 12.5% 95th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, fema 10.8% 2019 down 17.8% 48th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 9.3% 2019 down 25.9% 57th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female 4.9% 2017 down 20.8% 43rd
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male 7.8% 2017 down 11.2% 36th
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 641 number 2019 up 24.5% 122nd
Population, age 0, female 3,597 2015 up 1.6% 166th
Population, age 0, total 7,290 2015 up 1.6% 166th
Population, age 1, female 3,572 2015 up 0.4% 166th
Population, age 1, total 7,239 2015 up 0.5% 166th
Population, age 2, female 3,553 2015 down 0.2% 166th
Population, age 2, total 7,199 2015 down 0.1% 166th
Population, age 3, female 3,540 2015 down 0.4% 166th
Population, age 3, total 7,171 2015 down 0.4% 166th
Population, age 4, female 3,530 2015 down 0.4% 166th
Population, age 4, total 7,152 2015 down 0.3% 166th
Population, age 5, female 3,526 2015 up 0.0% 166th
Population, age 5, total 7,141 2015 up 0.1% 166th
Population, age 6, female 3,523 2015 up 0.7% 166th
Population, age 6, total 7,136 2015 up 0.7% 166th