Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 29.0% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Zimbabwe, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 29.0% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Zimbabwe peaked at 29.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 1960.
That places Zimbabwe 16th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 10.8% | — |
| 1965 | 11.1% | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 11.5% | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 16.0% | +38.6% |
| 1980 | 17.2% | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 17.3% | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 20.2% | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 23.7% | +17.6% |
| 2000 | 20.2% | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 24.9% | +23.6% |
| 2010 | 29.0% | +16.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.9% | 10.8% | 11.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 13.8% | 11.5% | 16.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 17.3% | 17.2% | 17.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 22.0% | 20.2% | 23.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.6% | 20.2% | 24.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 29.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Zimbabwe was 29.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 29.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Zimbabwe ranks 16th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary