Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 79.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 79.7% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 144.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe peaked at 79.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.2%, in 2013.
Zimbabwe ranks 71st of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 28.3% | — |
| 2013 | 27.2% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 32.7% | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 39.9% | +22.2% |
| 2016 | 50.5% | +26.6% |
| 2017 | 52.9% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 58.5% | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 59.6% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 67.7% | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 73.6% | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 76.7% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 78.9% | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 79.7% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 43.7% | 27.2% | 59.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 75.3% | 67.7% | 79.7% | 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 proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe was 79.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 79.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.2% in 2013.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Zimbabwe ranks 71st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.1%. 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 Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release