Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Belize
Belize: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted was 1.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.0%
Change on year
down 31.0%
World rank
27th
of 111 countries
All-time high
1.6%
in 2021
All-time low
0.8%
in 2015
Years of data
6
2015–2024
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belize, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belize stood at 1.0%.
The figure is down 31.0% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belize peaked at 1.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2015.
That places Belize 27th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Belize, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.8% | — |
| 2020 | 1.4% | +60.2% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +17.6% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -20.2% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | +9.5% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | -31.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 1.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Belize's 1.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7%, 1.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 24 Cameroon 1.0% compare
- 25 Philippines 1.0% compare
- 26 Belarus 1.0% compare
- 28 South Korea 1.0% compare
- 29 Dominican Republic 0.9% compare
- 30 Burkina Faso 0.9% compare
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belize?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belize was 1.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2015.
- How does Belize rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Belize ranks 27th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release