Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Belize

Belize: Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in was 8 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
8
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
150th
of 183 countries
All-time high
12
in 1998
All-time low
8
in 2018
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Belize, 1998–2019

02.557.51012.51998200820191998: 121999: 122000: 122001: 122002: 122003: 122004: 122005: 122006: 122007: 122008: 122009: 122010: 122011: 122012: 122013: 122014: 122015: 122016: 122017: 122018: 82019: 8

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2019, number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Belize stood at 8. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of down 33.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Belize peaked at 12 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 8, in 2018.

That places Belize 150th out of 183 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Belize, year by year

Annual values for Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks in Belize, 1998 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1998 12
1999 12 +0.0%
2000 12 +0.0%
2001 12 +0.0%
2002 12 +0.0%
2003 12 +0.0%
2004 12 +0.0%
2005 12 +0.0%
2006 12 +0.0%
2007 12 +0.0%
2008 12 +0.0%
2009 12 +0.0%
2010 12 +0.0%
2011 12 +0.0%
2012 12 +0.0%
2013 12 +0.0%
2014 12 +0.0%
2015 12 +0.0%
2016 12 +0.0%
2017 12 +0.0%
2018 8 -33.3%
2019 8 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 12 12 12 2
2000s 12 12 12 10
2010s 11.2 8 12 10

Countries ranked near Belize

  1. 150 Cape Verde 8 compare
  2. 150 Croatia 8 compare
  3. 150 Eritrea 8 compare
  4. 150 Ethiopia 8 compare
  5. 150 India 8 compare
  6. 150 Italy 8 compare
  7. 150 Malawi 8 compare
  8. 150 Micronesia, Federated States of 8 compare
  9. 150 Samoa 8 compare
  10. 150 South Sudan 8 compare
  11. 150 Tonga 8 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Belize?
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Belize was 8 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Belize?
The highest recorded value was 12 in 1998.
What is the lowest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Belize?
The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2018.
How does Belize rank for number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in?
Belize ranks 150th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in rising or falling in Belize?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. 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 Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 3,698 data points, 1998–2020
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Number of years of primary and secondary education to which children and young people are legally entitled that are free from tuition fees. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/