Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Belize
Belize: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Belize, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Belize is 4.6%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Belize peaked at 6.1% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2000.
That places Belize 75th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 5.1% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 4.2% | 6.0% | 5 |
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More education data for Belize
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.02 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Belize?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Belize was 4.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 6.1% in 2018.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2000.
- How does Belize rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Belize ranks 75th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.