Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total was 6.58 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total 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, total in Zimbabwe stood at 6.58. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Zimbabwe peaked at 6.58 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.77, in 1960.
Zimbabwe ranks 10th 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, total in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.77 | — |
| 1965 | 3.05 | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 3.64 | +19.3% |
| 1975 | 3.5 | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 2.96 | -15.4% |
| 1985 | 3.38 | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 4.4 | +30.2% |
| 1995 | 6.47 | +47.0% |
| 2000 | 6.47 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6.53 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 6.58 | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.91 | 2.77 | 3.05 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.57 | 3.5 | 3.64 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.17 | 2.96 | 3.38 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.44 | 4.4 | 6.47 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.5 | 6.47 | 6.53 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.58 | 6.58 | 6.58 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 90,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Zimbabwe was 6.58 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, total recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 6.58 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.77 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Zimbabwe ranks 10th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 15-19.