Primary school completion rate in Belize

The primary completion rate in Belize was 94.2% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1995.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Belize, 2024 94.2% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 −2.3percentage points 2023: 96.5%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Belize over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period BelizeWorld
2024 94.2% 88.0%
2023 96.5% 87.3%
2022 108.7% 91.1%
2021 116.0% 88.7%
2020 104.8% 88.0%
2019 102.7% 87.9%
2018 104.3% 88.1%
2017 102.7% 88.2%
2016 105.9% 88.5%
2015 105.9% 87.9%
2014 104.2% 88.1%
2013 102.8% 88.3%
2012 107.9% 88.1%
2011 103.1% 87.8%
2010 100.3% 88.5%
2009 101.6% 89.0%
2008 99.0% 88.2%
2007 104.3% 86.5%
2006 102.3% 85.3%
2005 103.2% 85.0%
2004 100.4% 84.2%
2003 97.9% 83.5%
2002 – 83.3%
2001 98.9% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 96.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 104.2%, the figure has changed by −10.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1992 to 2024 for Belize
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics