Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Belize
Belize: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 1.09 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
1.09 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
8th
of 132 countries
All-time high
1.09 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.7961 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
6
1970–2020
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belize, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belize stood at 1.09 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belize peaked at 1.09 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7961 GPIA, in 1970.
Belize ranks 8th of 132 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Belize, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7961 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.8552 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9446 GPIA | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 1.06 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 1.09 GPIA | +2.6% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 1.09 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9818 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Belize's 1.09 GPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.02 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7961 GPIA | 0.7961 GPIA | 0.7961 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.8552 GPIA | 0.8552 GPIA | 0.8552 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9446 GPIA | 0.9446 GPIA | 0.9446 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 2 |
| 2020s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More education data for Belize
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 89.77 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 89.32 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2,319 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,390 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3,316 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3,346 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 38,323 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 44,757 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.0671 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belize?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belize was 1.09 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7961 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Belize rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Belize ranks 8th out of 132 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release