Share of children who have completed primary school in Belize
Belize: Share of children who have completed primary school was 90.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Belize, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belize recorded 90.2% for share of children who have completed primary school in 2025. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Belize peaked at 90.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 61.1%, in 1981.
Belize ranks 107th of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 64.5% | 61.1% | 67.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 90.2% | 90.2% | 90.2% | 1 |
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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 children who have completed primary school in Belize?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Belize was 90.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 90.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.1% in 1981.
- How does Belize rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Belize ranks 107th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- 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 children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.