Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) was 81.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Zimbabwe, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 81.5% for completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Zimbabwe peaked at 81.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 50.0%, in 1981.
Zimbabwe ranks 100th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.6% | 50.0% | 55.4% | 9 |
| 1990s | 59.2% | 55.7% | 63.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.2% | 64.2% | 68.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.3% | 68.8% | 78.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.2% | 78.7% | 81.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 97 Colombia 83.9% compare
- 98 Bangladesh 83.5% compare
- 99 Panama 82.6% compare
- 101 El Salvador 81.4% compare
- 102 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 80.6% compare
- 103 Costa Rica 78.8% compare
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 90,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0054 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Zimbabwe?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Zimbabwe was 81.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 81.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.0% in 1981.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data)?
- Zimbabwe ranks 100th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release