Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 78.4% 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 78.4% 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 1.6% on the previous year and up 161.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe peaked at 78.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.8%, in 2012.
That places Zimbabwe 72nd out of 110 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 24.8% | — |
| 2013 | 25.6% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 30.0% | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 38.5% | +28.4% |
| 2016 | 47.9% | +24.6% |
| 2017 | 49.7% | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 56.3% | +13.4% |
| 2019 | 57.6% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 65.7% | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 71.9% | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 75.2% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 77.2% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 78.4% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41.3% | 24.8% | 57.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 73.7% | 65.7% | 78.4% | 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 78.4% 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 78.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.8% in 2012.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Zimbabwe ranks 72nd out of 110 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 161.8%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release