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Belize
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Global rank#27out of 45 countries
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Historical trend

90.985.880.675.570.3199120072022Belize · 2022: 88Belize

Analytical takeaways

  • Belize records 88 for Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in 2022, ranking #27 globally out of 45 countries.
  • Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) increased from 70 in 1991 to 88 in 2022, a gain of 18.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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