Over-age students, primary in Belize
Belize: Over-age students, primary was 8.7% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Belize, 1999–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary in Belize stood at 8.7%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Belize peaked at 14.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2018.
Belize ranks 72nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.2% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.9% | 11.3% | 14.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 8.7% | 10.7% | 9 |
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More education data for Belize
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2,497 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 96.9% (2024)
- Labor force, female 39.2% (2025)
- Labor force, total 184,286 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Belize?
- Over-age students, primary in Belize was 8.7% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2018.
- How does Belize rank for over-age students, primary?
- Belize ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.