Lower secondary completion rate, total in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Lower secondary completion rate, total 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 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% |
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 |
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More education data for Zimbabwe
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- 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)
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.