Belize vs Netherlands: Share of the population with at least some formal education

Belize

99.9%

in 2020

Netherlands

99.8%

in 2020

Belize rank

1st

Netherlands rank

3rd

Share of the population with at least some formal education over time

Belize currently reports 99.9% against 99.8% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Netherlands ahead.

Belize ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 111 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population with at least some formal education
Unit: %
Source: Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 111 places, 3,441 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Based on the population aged 15 years and older.