Zimbabwe's adult literacy rose from 77.8 % in 1982 to 93.2 % in 2019.
Zimbabwe's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 127.3 % in 1986 to 93.1 % in 2024.
Zimbabwe · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
48th of 62 · 4th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Zimbabwe's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 89.0 % in 1982 to 92.5 % in 2019.
Zimbabwe's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 8.8 % in 1975 to 52.4 % in 2013.
Zimbabwe's tertiary enrolment rose from 1.6 % in 1971 to 7.7 % in 2024.
Zimbabwe's children out of school, primary rose from 2,202 in 1982 to 332,314 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.8 pts86th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.2 pts96th of 96
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.0 pts107th of 119*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs156th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.3 yrs96th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −5.8 pts119th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +1.6 pts10th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +1.5 %116th of 135*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Zimbabwe.