Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Belize
Belize: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total was 7.99 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Belize, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Belize recorded 7.99 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Belize peaked at 7.99 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.14, 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 35-39, total in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.14 | — |
| 1965 | 6.4 | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 6.96 | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 7.33 | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 6.69 | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 6.84 | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 7.13 | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 7.49 | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 7.62 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 7.84 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 7.99 | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.27 | 6.14 | 6.4 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.14 | 6.96 | 7.33 | 2 |
| 1980s | 6.77 | 6.69 | 6.84 | 2 |
| 1990s | 7.31 | 7.13 | 7.49 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.73 | 7.62 | 7.84 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.99 | 7.99 | 7.99 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More education data for Belize
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.48 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Belize?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total 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 35-39, total recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 7.99 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.14 in 1960.
- How does Belize rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total?
- Belize ranks 3rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. 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 35-39, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 35-39, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 35-39.