Lower secondary completion rate, female in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 68.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Zimbabwe, 1984–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, female in Zimbabwe is 68.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Zimbabwe peaked at 72.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 44.3%, in 1984.
That places Zimbabwe 139th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 44.3% | — |
| 2012 | 69.1% | +55.7% |
| 2013 | 67.6% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 67.0% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 60.5% | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 59.0% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 59.5% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 54.2% | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 61.6% | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 62.3% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 71.1% | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 72.3% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 69.3% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 68.0% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44.3% | 44.3% | 44.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 62.3% | 54.2% | 69.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 68.6% | 62.3% | 72.3% | 5 |
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More education data for Zimbabwe
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.8897 % change on previous year (2013)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 55,969 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 34,361 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 72,517 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 55,393 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Zimbabwe?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Zimbabwe was 68.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 72.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.3% in 1984.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Zimbabwe ranks 139th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.