Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belize
Belize: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 31.7% in 2022. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belize, 2005β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belize recorded 31.7% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belize peaked at 33.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.0%, in 2005.
That places Belize 63rd out of 113 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 27.9% | 23.9% | 31.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 32.5% | 31.7% | 33.2% | 2 |
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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 upper secondary education or in Belize?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belize was 31.7% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 33.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.0% in 2005.
- How does Belize rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Belize ranks 63rd out of 113 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release