Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. was 26.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. in Zimbabwe, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. in Zimbabwe stood at 26.7%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. in Zimbabwe peaked at 26.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 15.3%, in 1960.
That places Zimbabwe 23rd 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 population age 15+ with primary schooling. in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 15.3% | — |
| 1965 | 16.0% | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 15.9% | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 20.3% | +27.7% |
| 1980 | 20.0% | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 19.5% | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 20.8% | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 22.8% | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 19.2% | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 23.2% | +21.2% |
| 2010 | 26.7% | +14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.6% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 18.1% | 15.9% | 20.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 19.8% | 19.5% | 20.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 21.8% | 20.8% | 22.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.2% | 19.2% | 23.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 26.7% | 26.7% | 26.7% | 1 |
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More education data for Zimbabwe
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. in Zimbabwe was 26.7% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 26.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3% in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling.?
- Zimbabwe ranks 23rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.2%. 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 population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary