Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: Share of the population with tertiary education
Mozambique
0.5%
in 2020
Zimbabwe
0.7%
in 2020
Mozambique rank
109th
Zimbabwe rank
108th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Mozambique
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.7% against 0.5% in Mozambique, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.4 times Mozambique's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.
Mozambique ranks 109th and Zimbabwe ranks 108th of 111 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 1950s | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.6% | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 2.7% | 2.6% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 4.0% | 4.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 4.5% | 4.2% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.1% | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Mozambique or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.7% against 0.5% in Mozambique as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Mozambique and Zimbabwe?
- 0.2%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Zimbabwe?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Mozambique and Zimbabwe rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Mozambique ranks 109th and Zimbabwe ranks 108th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.