Belize
Last updated October 1, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Infrastructure is a strength, but Innovation lags
Belize demonstrates early-stage readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (44th percentile worldwide). Investments are generating initial gains, yet substantial gaps persist in several dimensions.
- Global percentile
- 44th
- Global rank
- #101
- Regional rank
- #17
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Country profile
Belize remains in the emerging-readiness range, with progress visible but major gaps still limiting future readiness. Its weakest results are in Innovation (23, 3rd percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Wide gaps between dimensions reveal structural weaknesses that slow coordinated progress. Literacy or tertiary enrollment gaps thin the talent pipeline and limit the country’s capacity to develop future-ready skills.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.
GEFRI Composite and Governance present a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Innovation lags peers the most, signalling where investment could have the highest impact.
Most indicators are observed rather than imputed, so estimation uncertainty is limited.
Key insights
Places 101st worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 17th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Infrastructure (80.7) to Innovation (23.0), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Innovation.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score