School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Belize
Belize: School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes was 0.918 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Belize, 1974β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Belize recorded 0.918 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Belize peaked at 1.06 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2196 years, in 1974.
That places Belize 162nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2462 years | 0.2196 years | 0.2728 years | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.3954 years | 0.3735 years | 0.4127 years | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.5236 years | 0.4667 years | 0.5759 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.6277 years | 0.5154 years | 0.7889 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.978 years | 0.8573 years | 1.06 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8302 years | 0.6921 years | 0.9529 years | 5 |
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More education data for Belize
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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 mean years of schooling 2.02 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Belize?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes in Belize was 0.918 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2196 years in 1974.
- How does Belize rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes?
- Belize ranks 162nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. 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 life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release