Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9869 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Zimbabwe, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 0.9869 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.9916 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.9041 GPIA, in 2002.
Zimbabwe ranks 55th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9041 GPIA | 0.9041 GPIA | 0.9041 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9627 GPIA | 0.9524 GPIA | 0.9916 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.99 GPIA | 0.9869 GPIA | 0.9916 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.08 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Zimbabwe?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Zimbabwe was 0.9869 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9916 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9041 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Zimbabwe ranks 55th out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release