Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.6357 modelled data in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 0.6357 modelled data for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in 2025.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.7222 modelled data in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.5481 modelled data, in 1981.
That places Zimbabwe 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5642 modelled data | 0.5481 modelled data | 0.597 modelled data | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.6329 modelled data | 0.6123 modelled data | 0.6479 modelled data | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.662 modelled data | 0.6422 modelled data | 0.6814 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6864 modelled data | 0.6292 modelled data | 0.7222 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.627 modelled data | 0.6178 modelled data | 0.6357 modelled data | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 149 Guinea-Bissau 0.6676 modelled data compare
- 150 Guinea 0.6502 modelled data compare
- 151 Mozambique 0.6371 modelled data compare
- 153 Côte d'Ivoire 0.629 modelled data compare
- 154 Afghanistan 0.627 modelled data compare
- 155 Sierra Leone 0.6247 modelled data 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, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe was 0.6357 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7222 modelled data in 2013.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5481 modelled data in 1981.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- Zimbabwe ranks 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release