Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Belize
Belize: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female was 7.99 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Belize, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Belize is 7.99, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Belize peaked at 7.99 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.03, in 1960.
Belize ranks 3rd of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.03 | — |
| 1965 | 6.11 | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 6.78 | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 6.92 | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 6.36 | -8.1% |
| 1985 | 6.41 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 6.95 | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 7.27 | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 7.59 | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 7.83 | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 7.99 | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.07 | 6.03 | 6.11 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.85 | 6.78 | 6.92 | 2 |
| 1980s | 6.38 | 6.36 | 6.41 | 2 |
| 1990s | 7.11 | 6.95 | 7.27 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.71 | 7.59 | 7.83 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.99 | 7.99 | 7.99 | 1 |
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More education data for Belize
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Belize?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female in Belize was 7.99 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 7.99 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.03 in 1960.
- How does Belize rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female?
- Belize ranks 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 25+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 25.