Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Belize
Belize: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 17 years in 2019. ▬ Flat
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Belize, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Belize recorded 17 years for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Belize peaked at 17 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 17 years, in 1998.
That places Belize 133rd out of 169 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Belize, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17 years | — |
| 1999 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 133 Antigua and Barbuda 17 years compare
- 133 Belarus 17 years compare
- 133 Bhutan 17 years compare
- 133 British Virgin Islands 17 years compare
- 133 Cayman Islands 17 years compare
- 133 Colombia 17 years compare
- 133 Djibouti 17 years compare
- 133 Dominica 17 years compare
- 133 France 17 years compare
- 133 Grenada 17 years compare
- 133 Iran 17 years compare
- 133 Jamaica 17 years compare
- 133 Kazakhstan 17 years compare
- 133 Kiribati 17 years compare
- 133 Malaysia 17 years compare
- 133 New Zealand 17 years compare
- 133 Pakistan 17 years compare
- 133 Peru 17 years compare
- 133 Seychelles 17 years compare
- 133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17 years compare
- 133 Saint Lucia 17 years compare
- 133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17 years compare
- 133 Trinidad and Tobago 17 years compare
- 133 Ukraine 17 years compare
- 133 Zimbabwe 17 years compare
More education data for Belize
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Belize?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Belize was 17 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 17 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 years in 1998.
- How does Belize rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Belize ranks 133rd out of 169 countries with data for 2019.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Age at which students would enter post-secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.