Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Belize
Belize: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender was 0.9996 GPIA in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
0.9996 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
32nd
of 104 countries
All-time high
0.9996 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.9568 GPIA
in 2005
Years of data
9
2005–2020
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belize, 2005–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belize stood at 0.9996 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belize peaked at 0.9996 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9568 GPIA, in 2005.
Belize ranks 32nd of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary urban gender in Belize, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.9568 GPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.992 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9825 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9767 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9868 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9819 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9837 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9794 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9996 GPIA | +2.1% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 0.9996 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9965 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Belize's 0.9996 GPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9844 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9568 GPIA | 0.9568 GPIA | 0.9568 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9833 GPIA | 0.9767 GPIA | 0.992 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9996 GPIA | 0.9996 GPIA | 0.9996 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 30 Moldova 0.9999 GPIA compare
- 31 Hungary 0.9996 GPIA compare
- 33 United States 0.9993 GPIA compare
- 34 Kazakhstan 0.9993 GPIA compare
- 35 Lithuania 0.9993 GPIA compare
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 primary education or higher in Belize?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belize was 0.9996 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9996 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9568 GPIA in 2005.
- How does Belize rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Belize ranks 32nd out of 104 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release