School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School age population, secondary education, both sexes was 2.06 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
2.06 million number
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
64th
of 205 countries
All-time high
2.06 million number
in 2020
All-time low
694,535 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Zimbabwe, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, secondary education, both sexes in Zimbabwe stood at 2.06 million number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, both sexes in Zimbabwe peaked at 2.06 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 694,535 number, in 1970.
That places Zimbabwe 64th out of 205 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 694,535 number | — |
| 1971 | 725,294 number | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 752,081 number | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 777,228 number | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 803,816 number | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 833,110 number | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 861,205 number | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 892,200 number | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 926,014 number | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 962,667 number | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 1.00 million number | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 1.04 million number | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 1.08 million number | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 1.12 million number | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 1.17 million number | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 1.21 million number | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 1.26 million number | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 1.36 million number | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 1.42 million number | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 1.47 million number | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 1.52 million number | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 1.58 million number | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 1.63 million number | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 1.68 million number | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 1.72 million number | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 1.75 million number | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1.77 million number | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 1.79 million number | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.81 million number | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.84 million number | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 1.87 million number | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.88 million number | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.89 million number | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.90 million number | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.90 million number | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.91 million number | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.88 million number | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.85 million number | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.83 million number | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.83 million number | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.83 million number | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.82 million number | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.82 million number | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.83 million number | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.85 million number | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.87 million number | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1.88 million number | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.91 million number | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.95 million number | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.01 million number | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 2.06 million number | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 822,815 number | 694,535 number | 962,667 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.21 million number | 1.00 million number | 1.47 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.71 million number | 1.52 million number | 1.84 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.87 million number | 1.83 million number | 1.91 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 million number | 1.82 million number | 2.01 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.06 million number | 2.06 million number | 2.06 million number | 1 |
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More education data for Zimbabwe
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, secondary education, both sexes in Zimbabwe?
- School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Zimbabwe was 2.06 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, both sexes recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.06 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, both sexes recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 694,535 number in 1970.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for school age population, secondary education, both sexes?
- Zimbabwe ranks 64th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. 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 School age population, secondary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.