Qualified primary teachers in Belize

In Belize, 88.7% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Belize, 2024 88.7% % of primary teachers
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 88.6%
Position in 2024 52nd of 79 See the full ranking

Qualified primary teachers in Belize over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2001 to 2024
Period Belize
2024 88.7%
2023 88.6%
2022 88.1%
2021 87.0%
2020 86.1%
2019 82.3%
2018 79.2%
2016 72.8%
2015 67.5%
2014 60.7%
2013 48.8%
2012 54.3%
2011 47.5%
2010 45.2%
2009 42.5%
2008 42.8%
2007 45.5%
2006 39.4%
2004 51.4%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2003 41.0%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001 40.9%

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 88.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 48.8%, the figure has changed by +39.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Belize has the 52nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Belize
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org