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

76,890 number, with Zambia ahead.

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

45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.

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.

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

Zambia

723,815 number

in 2014

Zimbabwe

646,925 number

in 2015

Zambia rank

65th

Zimbabwe rank

67th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Zambia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 723,815 number against 646,925 number in Zimbabwe, a difference of 76,890 number.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Zambia ranks 65th and Zimbabwe ranks 67th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Zambia averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Zambia	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	213,570 number	258,468 number	44,898 number	Zimbabwe
1980s	315,226 number	406,468 number	91,242 number	Zimbabwe
1990s	437,163 number	581,307 number	144,144 number	Zimbabwe
2000s	574,164 number	653,721 number	79,557 number	Zimbabwe
2010s	679,547 number	651,576 number	27,972 number	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Zambia or Zimbabwe?: Zambia, at 723,815 number against 646,925 number in Zimbabwe as of 2014.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Zambia and Zimbabwe?: 76,890 number, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia and Zimbabwe?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.
How do Zambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Zambia ranks 65th 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.