Youth literacy in Belize
In Belize, 96.2% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2022.
Belize, 2022
96.2%
Change from 2015
−1.8percentage points
Position in 2022
35th of 59
Youth literacy in Belize over time
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Belize
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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belize |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 96.2% |
| 2015 | 97.9% |
| 2000 | 84.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 97.9% in 2015, a change of −1.8 percentage points.
- Since 1991, when it was 77.6%, the figure has changed by +18.5 percentage points.
- Among the 59 countries with data for 2022, Belize has the 35th highest value.