Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female was 6.81 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zimbabwe, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zimbabwe stood at 6.81. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zimbabwe peaked at 6.81 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.67, in 1960.
Zimbabwe ranks 7th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.67 | — |
| 1965 | 3.09 | +15.7% |
| 1970 | 3.74 | +21.0% |
| 1975 | 3.59 | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 3.26 | -9.2% |
| 1985 | 3.39 | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 4.41 | +30.1% |
| 1995 | 6.48 | +46.9% |
| 2000 | 6.51 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 6.68 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 6.81 | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.88 | 2.67 | 3.09 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.67 | 3.59 | 3.74 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.33 | 3.26 | 3.39 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.45 | 4.41 | 6.48 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.59 | 6.51 | 6.68 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.81 | 6.81 | 6.81 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 322,698 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 957,461 (2013)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.4866 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1767 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4866 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zimbabwe was 6.81 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 6.81 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.67 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Zimbabwe ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 15-19.