School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe is 1.01 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7913 GPIA, in 1979.
Zimbabwe ranks 56th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8206 GPIA | 0.7913 GPIA | 0.8454 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9655 GPIA | 0.9491 GPIA | 0.9815 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.954 GPIA | 0.9304 GPIA | 0.9693 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.976 GPIA | 0.967 GPIA | 0.9861 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9872 GPIA | 0.9807 GPIA | 0.9974 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 90,330 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.67 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe was 1.01 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7913 GPIA in 1979.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Zimbabwe ranks 56th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release