School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.5003 years in 2015. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zimbabwe, 1971–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2015, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zimbabwe stood at 0.5003 years. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.3% on the previous year and up 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.5003 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0646 years, in 1980.
That places Zimbabwe 152nd out of 183 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0765 years | 0.0675 years | 0.0837 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.1088 years | 0.0646 years | 0.2766 years | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.2575 years | 0.2398 years | 0.2854 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.372 years | 0.3349 years | 0.5003 years | 5 |
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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, tertiary, both sexes in Zimbabwe?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zimbabwe was 0.5003 years in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5003 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0646 years in 1980.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Zimbabwe ranks 152nd out of 183 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.