Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belize
Belize: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 1.09 GPIA in 2020. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belize, 1970β2020
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 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.006 units per person (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 131 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