School age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School age population, tertiary education, male was 646,925 number in 2015. ▲ Rising
School age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe, 1970–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2015, school age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe stood at 646,925 number.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe peaked at 667,643 number in 2010 and was at its lowest, 194,917 number, in 1970.
That places Zimbabwe 67th out of 203 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
School age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 194,917 number | — |
| 1971 | 206,295 number | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 222,322 number | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 240,948 number | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 258,868 number | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 274,064 number | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 284,792 number | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 293,053 number | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 300,348 number | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 309,072 number | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 320,782 number | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 336,243 number | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 354,188 number | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 373,647 number | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 393,062 number | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 411,448 number | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 430,204 number | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 464,567 number | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 481,692 number | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 498,851 number | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 515,776 number | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 526,883 number | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 539,317 number | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 553,744 number | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 570,221 number | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 588,729 number | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 606,025 number | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 623,297 number | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 638,430 number | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 650,652 number | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 660,739 number | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 653,471 number | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 645,409 number | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 640,265 number | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 640,483 number | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 647,103 number | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 654,598 number | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 661,653 number | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 666,060 number | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 667,428 number | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 667,643 number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 657,209 number | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 648,198 number | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 642,750 number | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 642,078 number | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 646,925 number | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 258,468 number | 194,917 number | 309,072 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 406,468 number | 320,782 number | 498,851 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 581,307 number | 515,776 number | 650,652 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 653,721 number | 640,265 number | 667,428 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 650,800 number | 642,078 number | 667,643 number | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.08 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe?
- School age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe was 646,925 number in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, male recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 667,643 number in 2010.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, male recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 194,917 number in 1970.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for school age population, tertiary education, male?
- Zimbabwe ranks 67th out of 203 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, male rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. 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, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.