Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.6357 GPIA in 2019. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe, 2002β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe is 0.6357 GPIA, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.6357 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4278 GPIA, in 2002.
That places Zimbabwe 117th out of 137 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4278 GPIA | 0.4278 GPIA | 0.4278 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.582 GPIA | 0.4658 GPIA | 0.6357 GPIA | 5 |
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)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0054 units per person (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 0.6357 GPIA 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 0.6357 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4278 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Zimbabwe ranks 117th out of 137 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 36.5%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release