Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Belize
Belize: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 97.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Belize, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Belize is 97.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Belize peaked at 100.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 93.5%, in 2020.
That places Belize 166th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Belize, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 100.0% | — |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98.0% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 94.1% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 93.7% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 93.8% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.6% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 93.5% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 94.6% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 94.5% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 97.0% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 97.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 97.3% | 93.6% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.4% | 93.5% | 97.3% | 5 |
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More education data for Belize
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.48 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Belize?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Belize was 97.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.5% in 2020.
- How does Belize rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Belize ranks 166th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release