Share of primary school teachers who are women in Belize
Belize: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 77.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Belize, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of primary school teachers who are women in Belize stood at 77.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Belize peaked at 77.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.9%, in 2000.
That places Belize 104th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.1% | 64.1% | 64.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 69.9% | 63.9% | 72.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.6% | 72.1% | 76.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.3% | 75.6% | 77.4% | 5 |
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More education data for Belize
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 2,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.02 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Belize?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Belize was 77.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 77.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.9% in 2000.
- How does Belize rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Belize ranks 104th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.