Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 85.8% 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 85.8% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Zimbabwe peaked at 87.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 46.3%, in 2013.
That places Zimbabwe 51st out of 92 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 | 77.7% | — |
| 2013 | 46.3% | -40.4% |
| 2014 | 63.3% | +36.7% |
| 2015 | 52.2% | -17.5% |
| 2016 | 76.2% | +46.0% |
| 2017 | 77.3% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 74.8% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 76.3% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 82.9% | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 87.1% | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 85.3% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 87.4% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 85.8% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68.0% | 46.3% | 77.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 85.7% | 82.9% | 87.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 48 Costa Rica 90.2% compare
- 49 Belize 90.0% compare
- 49 Brunei Darussalam 90.0% compare
- 52 Burundi 85.3% compare
- 53 Botswana 85.0% compare
- 54 Hong Kong, China 83.0% compare
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 85.8% 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 87.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.3% in 2013.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Zimbabwe ranks 51st out of 92 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 35.6%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release