Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belize
Belize: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total was 11.93 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belize, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Belize recorded 11.93 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belize peaked at 11.93 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.74, in 1980.
Belize ranks 27th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.98 | — |
| 1965 | 6.84 | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 6.94 | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 7.41 | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 6.74 | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 7.36 | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 7.9 | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 9.22 | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 9.93 | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 11.02 | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 11.93 | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.91 | 6.84 | 6.98 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.18 | 6.94 | 7.41 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.05 | 6.74 | 7.36 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.56 | 7.9 | 9.22 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.47 | 9.93 | 11.02 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.93 | 11.93 | 11.93 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 24 Tajikistan 12 compare
- 25 Serbia 11.98 compare
- 26 Poland 11.96 compare
- 27 Lithuania 11.93 compare
- 29 Netherlands 11.86 compare
- 30 Kazakhstan 11.82 compare
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 total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belize?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total in Belize was 11.93 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 11.93 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.74 in 1980.
- How does Belize rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total?
- Belize ranks 27th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 45-49, total rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. 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 total schooling, age 45-49, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 45-49, total is the average years of education completed among people age 45-49.