Belize - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Belize was 6.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 6.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 6.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 6.00
1971 6.00
1972 6.00
1973 6.00
1974 6.00
1975 6.00
1976 6.00
1977 6.00
1978 6.00
1979 6.00
1980 6.00
1981 6.00
1982 6.00
1983 6.00
1984 6.00
1985 6.00
1986 6.00
1987 6.00
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 6.00
1991 6.00
1992 6.00
1993 6.00
1994 6.00
1995 6.00
1996 6.00
1997 6.00
1998 6.00
1999 6.00
2000 6.00
2001 6.00
2002 6.00
2003 6.00
2004 6.00
2005 6.00
2006 6.00
2007 6.00
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 6.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 6.00
2014 6.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 6.00
2018 6.00
2019 6.00
2020 6.00
2021 6.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Belize was 49,449 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53,605 in 2012 and a minimum value of 25,102 in 1971.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 25,102
1972 25,166
1973 25,575
1974 25,901
1976 25,924
1977 26,534
1978 27,024
1980 28,041
1981 27,932
1982 28,546
1983 29,120
1984 30,652
1985 30,994
1986 31,418
1987 32,550
1988 33,370
1989 34,155
1990 35,754
1991 37,377
1992 38,084
1993 39,220
1994 40,584
1995 41,423
1996 42,787
1997 42,863
1999 44,180
2000 44,788
2001 45,246
2002 44,430
2003 47,187
2004 48,996
2005 50,247
2006 51,497
2007 51,898
2008 51,994
2009 52,629
2010 52,650
2011 52,361
2012 53,605
2013 52,573
2014 51,978
2015 52,072
2016 52,333
2017 51,512
2018 50,764
2019 50,388
2020 49,449

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Belize was 47.74 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.15 in 1976, while its lowest value was 47.74 in 2018.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 48.73
1974 48.72
1976 50.15
1977 49.63
1986 47.95
1987 48.11
1991 48.31
1992 48.28
1993 48.20
1994 48.20
1995 48.32
1996 48.22
1997 48.31
1999 48.47
2000 48.25
2001 48.48
2002 48.57
2003 48.81
2004 48.70
2005 48.40
2006 48.64
2007 49.02
2008 48.62
2009 48.70
2010 48.68
2011 48.55
2012 48.73
2013 48.35
2014 48.15
2015 48.04
2016 47.88
2017 47.80
2018 47.74

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Belize was 2,598 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,630 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,880 in 1999.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1999 1,880
2000 1,921
2001 1,983
2003 2,274
2004 2,109
2005 2,127
2006 2,245
2007 2,268
2008 2,299
2009 2,325
2010 2,367
2011 2,391
2012 2,486
2013 2,329
2014 2,321
2015 2,548
2016 2,552
2017 2,630
2018 2,566
2019 2,623
2020 2,598

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Belize was 75.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 76.52 in 2019, while its lowest value was 63.93 in 2000.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1999 64.10
2000 63.93
2001 64.70
2003 69.17
2004 71.98
2005 72.07
2006 71.45
2007 71.91
2008 71.90
2009 72.30
2010 72.75
2011 72.52
2012 72.12
2013 72.86
2014 73.89
2015 73.12
2016 73.16
2017 73.99
2018 74.67
2019 76.52
2020 75.60

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes