Belize's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 47.17% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.25 percentage points from 50.42% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 47.17% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 46.1% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 50.42% | 2008 |
| Highest | 100% | 1977 |
| Lowest | 3.81% | 1991 |
| Average since 2009 | 46.91% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 59.91% | 1973 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Belize's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 0.97 percentage points on 2017 (from 46.19% to 47.17%).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was −0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.74 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.97 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% of the movement over 10 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 2018, Belize had the 14th highest value of the 61 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Belize | 47.17% | 2018 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 51.79% | 2018 |
| Upper middle income | 44.54% | 2018 |
Closest to Belize in the 2018 ranking
- Côte d'Ivoire — 11th of 61: 48.26%
- Burundi — 12th of 61: 47.71%
- Brunei Darussalam — 13th of 61: 47.4%
- Rwanda — 15th of 61: 46.87%
- Eritrea — 16th of 61: 46.67%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 17th of 61: 46.06%
What this measures
Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 47.17 |
| 2017 | 46.19 |
| 2016 | 46.3 |
| 2015 | 39.7 |
| 2014 | 49.67 |
| 2013 | 46.1 |
| 2012 | 45.58 |
| 2011 | 50.03 |
| 2010 | 50.15 |
| 2009 | 48.25 |
| 2008 |
Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 36.88% (2018)
- Bolivia — 49% (2018)
- Brazil — 54.56% (2017)
- British Virgin Islands — 54.43% (2017)
- Chile — 45.93% (2017)
- Colombia — 53.25% (2018)
- Costa Rica — 52.26% (2018)
- Cuba — 40.39% (2018)
- Dominican Republic — 61.52% (2018)
- Ecuador
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Belize's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 47.17% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is down 12.74 percentage points from 59.91% in 1973. The highest value was 100% in 1977 and the lowest 3.81% in 1991.
- How does Belize rank?
- 14th highest of 61 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) unusual for Belize?
- In 2018, Belize's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) rose 0.97 percentage points on 2017 (from 46.19% to 47.17%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was −0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO.FE.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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