Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education was 18.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Zimbabwe, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 18.4% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Zimbabwe peaked at 54.5% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 18.4%, in 2005.
Zimbabwe ranks 59th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 53.3% | — |
| 1965 | 53.8% | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 54.5% | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 54.2% | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 54.0% | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 41.1% | -23.8% |
| 1990 | 32.9% | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 27.0% | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 26.3% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 18.4% | -30.1% |
| 2010 | 18.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.5% | 53.3% | 53.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 54.3% | 54.2% | 54.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 47.5% | 41.1% | 54.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 29.9% | 27.0% | 32.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.4% | 18.4% | 26.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.4% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
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 55-59 with no education in Zimbabwe?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education in Zimbabwe was 18.4% 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 55-59 with no education recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 54.5% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.4% in 2005.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education?
- Zimbabwe ranks 59th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 55-59 with no education rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 55-59 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education