Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, female was 6.69 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, 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 total schooling, age 25+, female in Zimbabwe stood at 6.69. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Zimbabwe peaked at 6.69 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.61, in 1960.
Zimbabwe ranks 94th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.61 | — |
| 1965 | 1.77 | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 1.74 | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 2.24 | +28.7% |
| 1980 | 2.51 | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 3.13 | +24.7% |
| 1990 | 3.62 | +15.7% |
| 1995 | 4.7 | +29.8% |
| 2000 | 5.11 | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 6.08 | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 6.69 | +10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.69 | 1.61 | 1.77 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.99 | 1.74 | 2.24 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.82 | 2.51 | 3.13 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.16 | 3.62 | 4.7 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.6 | 5.11 | 6.08 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.69 | 6.69 | 6.69 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 957,461 (2013)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -29.08 % change on previous year (2013)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 90,330 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 4.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 474,658 (2013)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -28.35 % change on previous year (2013)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 482,803 (2013)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -29.77 % change on previous year (2013)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 650,753 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female in Zimbabwe was 6.69 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 6.69 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.61 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female?
- Zimbabwe ranks 94th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, female rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.9%. 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 total schooling, age 25+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 25.