Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belize
Belize: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9996 GPIA in 2020. β¬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belize, 2005β2020
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.
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, Republic of 0.9999 GPIA compare
- 31 Hungary 0.9996 GPIA compare
- 33 United States 0.9993 GPIA compare
- 34 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.9993 GPIA compare
- 35 Lithuania 0.9993 GPIA 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)
- 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 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