Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary was 23.4% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe is 23.4%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe peaked at 23.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 1970.
That places Zimbabwe 28th 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 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 9.5% | — |
| 1965 | 9.4% | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 6.1% | -34.9% |
| 1975 | 11.6% | +89.3% |
| 1980 | 13.0% | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 15.2% | +16.4% |
| 1990 | 17.8% | +17.6% |
| 1995 | 21.4% | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 19.9% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 22.2% | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 23.4% | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.5% | 9.4% | 9.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.9% | 6.1% | 11.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 14.1% | 13.0% | 15.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 19.6% | 17.8% | 21.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.1% | 19.9% | 22.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 23.4% | 23.4% | 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 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe was 23.4% 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 25+ with primary recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 1970.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
- Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. 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 25+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary