Belize: Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

Since 1999 it is up 3.06 percentage points from 6.41% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2017, Belize had the 16th highest value of the 20 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Belize in the 2017 ranking

• Belarus — 13th of 20: 16.48%
• Azerbaijan — 14th of 20: 16.4%
• Armenia — 15th of 20: 12.99%
• Zambia — 17th of 20: 8.92%
• Mongolia — 18th of 20: 6.41%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 19th of 20: 3.03%

What this measures

Expenditure on tertiary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 11 values

Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 22.08% (2017)
• Aruba — 18.39% (2016)
• Barbados — 28.54% (2017)
• Brazil — 21.45% (2015)
• Chile — 25.15% (2017)
• Colombia — 23.31% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 23.14% (2018)
• Ecuador — 43.51% (2015)

More education data for Belize

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 44,757 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 96.48% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.07% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 96.88% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.96 (2021)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Belize's expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

9.47% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 3.06 percentage points from 6.41% in 1999. The highest value was 13.57% in 2013 and the lowest 6.41% in 1999.

How does Belize rank?

16th highest of 20 economies with data for 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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