School age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: School age population, tertiary education, male was 646,925 number in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
646,925 number
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
67th
of 203 countries
All-time high
667,643 number
in 2010
All-time low
194,917 number
in 1970
Years of data
46
1970–2015

School age population, tertiary education, male in Zimbabwe, 1970–2015

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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

Annual values for School age population, tertiary education, male (number) in Zimbabwe, 1970 to 2015.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 64 Senegal 742,166 number compare
  2. 65 Zambia 723,815 number compare
  3. 66 Chile 701,207 number compare
  4. 68 Chad 645,233 number compare
  5. 69 Somalia 623,358 number compare
  6. 70 Rwanda 572,928 number compare

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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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Indicator
School age population, tertiary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.