Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Share of the population with tertiary education
Zambia
1.0%
in 2020
Zimbabwe
0.7%
in 2020
Zambia rank
107th
Zimbabwe rank
108th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 1.0% against 0.7% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.4 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Zambia ranks 107th and Zimbabwe ranks 108th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Zambia averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Zambia | 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 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Zambia |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Zimbabwe |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 4.0% | 3.6% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 4.5% | 3.0% | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 0.5% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Zambia or Zimbabwe?
- Zambia, at 1.0% against 0.7% in Zimbabwe as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 0.3%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Zambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Zambia ranks 107th 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.