Belize vs Syria: Share of the population with tertiary education
Belize
5.0%
in 2020
Syria
4.3%
in 2020
Belize rank
83rd
Syria rank
86th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Belize
- Syria
How they compare
Belize currently reports 5.0% against 4.3% in Syria, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Belize's figure about 1.2 times Syria's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Syria ahead.
Belize ranks 83rd and Syria ranks 86th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 11 and Syria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.3% | Belize |
| 1920s | 3.2% | 0.2% | 3.1% | Belize |
| 1930s | 5.1% | 0.2% | 4.9% | Belize |
| 1940s | 6.8% | 0.3% | 6.5% | Belize |
| 1950s | 8.0% | 0.5% | 7.5% | Belize |
| 1960s | 7.8% | 0.7% | 7.1% | Belize |
| 1970s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0.1% | Belize |
| 1980s | 3.4% | 3.3% | 0.1% | Belize |
| 1990s | 7.4% | 5.4% | 2.0% | Belize |
| 2000s | 7.1% | 5.5% | 1.6% | Belize |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 6.0% | 0.0% | Syria |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 4.3% | 0.7% | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Belize or Syria?
- Belize, at 5.0% against 4.3% in Syria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Belize and Syria?
- 0.7%, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Syria?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Belize and Syria rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Belize ranks 83rd and Syria ranks 86th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.