Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total was 0.06 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total in Zimbabwe, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total in Zimbabwe is 0.06, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.16 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.05, in 1960.
Zimbabwe ranks 123rd of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.05 | — |
| 1965 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.07 | +40.0% |
| 1975 | 0.09 | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 0.11 | +22.2% |
| 1985 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.16 | +45.5% |
| 1995 | 0.11 | -31.2% |
| 2000 | 0.08 | -27.3% |
| 2005 | 0.08 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.06 | -25.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 0.06 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.11, 55% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 0.06 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.07, 86% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.135 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 90.38 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 89.48 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42,585 (2013)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 12,514 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 328,055 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total in Zimbabwe was 0.06 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.16 in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total?
- Zimbabwe ranks 123rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. 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 tertiary schooling, age 40-44, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of tertiary schooling, 40-44, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 40-44.