Belize

Adult literacy in Belize

Adult literacy in Belize: 70.3% in 1991 and 87.9% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2022
87.9%
Since 1991
+17.6 percentage points
World, 2022
87.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in BelizeAdult literacy in Belize: 70.3% in 1991 and 87.9% in 2022, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 90.9% in 2015, the lowest 70.3% in 1991.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 90.9% in 2015, the lowest 70.3% in 1991.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearBelizeWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
202287.987.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
201590.986
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200076.981.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
199170.375.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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