Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary was 39.7% 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/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe is 39.7%, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zimbabwe peaked at 54.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 37.7%, in 1960.
That places Zimbabwe 27th 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 | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 37.7% | — |
| 1965 | 41.4% | +9.8% |
| 1970 | 42.3% | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 48.8% | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 52.3% | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 53.5% | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 54.1% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 50.0% | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 45.0% | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 42.4% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 39.7% | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.5% | 37.7% | 41.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 45.6% | 42.3% | 48.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 52.9% | 52.3% | 53.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 52.1% | 50.0% | 54.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 43.7% | 42.4% | 45.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 39.7% | 39.7% | 39.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 24 Maldives 40.6% compare
- 25 Mauritius 40.5% compare
- 26 Syrian Arab Republic 40.0% compare
- 28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 38.9% compare
- 29 Trinidad and Tobago 38.4% compare
- 30 Nicaragua 37.1% compare
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 39.7% 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 54.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.7% in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
- Zimbabwe ranks 27th 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 down 11.8%. 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 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)