Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) in Belize
Belize: Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) was 8.7% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Belize, 1999–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary in Belize stood at 8.7%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Belize peaked at 14.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2018.
Belize ranks 72nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment) in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14.2% | — |
| 2000 | 14.5% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 14.5% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 13.4% | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 12.7% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 11.5% | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 11.3% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 9.8% | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 9.0% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 8.7% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.2% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.9% | 11.3% | 14.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 8.7% | 10.7% | 9 |
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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 over-age students, primary in Belize?
- Over-age students, primary in Belize was 8.7% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2018.
- How does Belize rank for over-age students, primary?
- Belize ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.