Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 17.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Zimbabwe, 2010–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 17.9% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 9.7% on the previous year and down 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Zimbabwe peaked at 30.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2010.
Zimbabwe ranks 29th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.5% | — |
| 2012 | 29.8% | +248.5% |
| 2013 | 28.7% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 30.0% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 29.5% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 23.5% | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 19.7% | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -45.4% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | +49.7% |
| 2023 | 10.7% | -31.8% |
| 2024 | 16.3% | +52.7% |
| 2025 | 17.9% | +9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22.1% | 8.5% | 30.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 15.1% | 10.7% | 17.9% | 4 |
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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 total government spending on essential services in Zimbabwe?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Zimbabwe was 17.9% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 30.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2010.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Zimbabwe ranks 29th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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