School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9607 GPIA in 2013. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe, 1970–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2013, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe stood at 0.9607 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.9631 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.7719 GPIA, in 1979.
Zimbabwe ranks 176th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8041 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.8022 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.7916 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.7921 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.7991 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.8106 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8147 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.8259 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.8098 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.7719 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 0.9431 GPIA | +22.2% |
| 1982 | 0.9284 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.9346 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.913 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.9039 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.8993 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.8969 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.8739 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.8756 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9263 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 0.8836 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 0.9035 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.861 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8811 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9195 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 0.9256 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.933 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9382 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9506 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9565 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9631 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9607 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8022 GPIA | 0.7719 GPIA | 0.8259 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9076 GPIA | 0.8739 GPIA | 0.9431 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.8958 GPIA | 0.861 GPIA | 0.9263 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9408 GPIA | 0.9256 GPIA | 0.9565 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9619 GPIA | 0.9607 GPIA | 0.9631 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
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 school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Zimbabwe was 0.9607 GPIA in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9631 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7719 GPIA in 1979.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Zimbabwe ranks 176th out of 208 countries with data for 2013.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release