What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Rwanda and Zimbabwe?

73,997 number, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Zimbabwe?

46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Rwanda vs Zimbabwe: School age population, tertiary education, male

Rwanda

572,928 number

in 2019

Zimbabwe

646,925 number

in 2015

Rwanda rank

70th

Zimbabwe rank

67th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Rwanda
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 646,925 number against 572,928 number in Rwanda, a difference of 73,997 number.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.

Rwanda ranks 70th and Zimbabwe ranks 67th of 203 countries.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	200,254 number	258,468 number	58,214 number	Zimbabwe
1980s	247,183 number	406,468 number	159,285 number	Zimbabwe
1990s	293,057 number	581,307 number	288,250 number	Zimbabwe
2000s	433,256 number	653,721 number	220,465 number	Zimbabwe
2010s	521,851 number	650,800 number	128,950 number	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Rwanda or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 646,925 number against 572,928 number in Rwanda as of 2015.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Rwanda and Zimbabwe?: 73,997 number, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Zimbabwe?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.
How do Rwanda and Zimbabwe rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Rwanda ranks 70th and Zimbabwe ranks 67th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.