Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.03 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe is 1.03 index, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.03 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8522 index, in 1999.
That places Zimbabwe 40th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8522 index | 0.8522 index | 0.8522 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8813 index | 0.8653 index | 0.8987 index | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9735 index | 0.9456 index | 1.01 index | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.02 index | 1.01 index | 1.03 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 90,330 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.67 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Zimbabwe was 1.03 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8522 index in 1999.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Zimbabwe ranks 40th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.