School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) (School) in Belize
Belize: School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) (School) was 7,923 number in 2019. ▲ Rising
School age population, pre-primary education, male in Belize, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, pre-primary education, male in Belize is 7,923 number, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, pre-primary education, male in Belize peaked at 7,923 number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5,319 number, in 1986.
That places Belize 173rd out of 206 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) (School) in Belize, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6,062 number | — |
| 1971 | 6,172 number | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 6,320 number | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 6,456 number | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 6,577 number | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 6,689 number | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 6,792 number | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 6,908 number | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 7,026 number | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 7,134 number | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 7,149 number | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 7,202 number | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 7,244 number | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7,289 number | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 7,370 number | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 7,588 number | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 5,319 number | -29.9% |
| 1987 | 5,556 number | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 5,801 number | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 6,005 number | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 6,026 number | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 6,054 number | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 6,082 number | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 6,054 number | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 6,014 number | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 6,011 number | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 6,106 number | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 6,333 number | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 6,636 number | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 6,964 number | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 7,204 number | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 7,425 number | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 7,570 number | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 7,685 number | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 7,777 number | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 7,858 number | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 7,905 number | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 7,864 number | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 7,819 number | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 7,787 number | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 7,854 number | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 7,868 number | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 7,788 number | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 7,698 number | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 7,629 number | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 7,671 number | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 7,693 number | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 7,760 number | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 7,844 number | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 7,923 number | +1.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 7,923 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 164,452 number, 5% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Belize's 7,923 number is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 72,948 number, 11% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, pre-primary education, male (number) (School) in Belize changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -29.9% | 7,588 number | 5,319 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6,614 number | 6,062 number | 7,134 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,652 number | 5,319 number | 7,588 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,228 number | 6,011 number | 6,964 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,689 number | 7,204 number | 7,905 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,773 number | 7,629 number | 7,923 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belize
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 school age population, pre-primary education, male in Belize?
- School age population, pre-primary education, male in Belize was 7,923 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, pre-primary education, male recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 7,923 number in 2019.
- What is the lowest school age population, pre-primary education, male recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,319 number in 1986.
- How does Belize rank for school age population, pre-primary education, male?
- Belize ranks 173rd out of 206 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school age population, pre-primary education, male rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 School age population, pre-primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.