Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.2667 LPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe, 2002–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2019, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe stood at 0.2667 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 58.7% on the previous year and up 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.2667 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1681 LPIA, in 2017.
Zimbabwe ranks 94th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1773 LPIA | 0.1773 LPIA | 0.1773 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.2137 LPIA | 0.1681 LPIA | 0.2667 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2927 LPIA compare
- 92 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2869 LPIA compare
- 93 Senegal 0.2671 LPIA compare
- 95 Honduras 0.2516 LPIA compare
- 96 Rwanda 0.236 LPIA compare
- 97 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2165 LPIA 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)
- 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 upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe was 0.2667 LPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2667 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1681 LPIA in 2017.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Zimbabwe ranks 94th out of 105 countries with data for 2019.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.7%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release