Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 65.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total 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, total in Zimbabwe is 65.6%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Zimbabwe peaked at 70.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 52.5%, in 1984.
That places Zimbabwe 135th 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, total (% of relevant age group) in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 52.5% | — |
| 2012 | 68.9% | +31.2% |
| 2013 | 67.2% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 66.3% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 63.4% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 61.1% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 61.0% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 56.3% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 63.6% | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 63.4% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 70.1% | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 70.7% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 67.0% | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 65.6% | -2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Zimbabwe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +31.2% | 52.5% | 68.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.5% | 52.5% | 52.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 63.5% | 56.3% | 68.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 67.4% | 63.4% | 70.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 90.38 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 89.48 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42,585 (2013)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 12,514 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 328,055 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 322,698 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 957,461 (2013)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.4866 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Zimbabwe?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Zimbabwe was 65.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 70.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.5% in 1984.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Zimbabwe ranks 135th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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, total (% 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.