Education in Zimbabwe 130 indicators covering education for Zimbabwe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 56.2% 2025 up 6.0% 195th Population ages 0-14 40.3% 2025 down 8.1% 23rd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th School enrollment, primary 93.1% 2024 down 5.3% 165th Primary education, teachers 90,330 2024 up 21.9% 62nd School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% 2024 down 4.2% 159th School enrollment, primary, male 92.8% 2024 down 6.3% 164th Labor force, total 6.85 million 2025 up 28.1% 71st Labor force, female 49.6% 2025 down 1.1% 14th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2021 up 2.6% 50th School enrollment, secondary 52.4% 2013 up 34.1% 166th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 13.7 per 1,000 2024 down 13.8% 19th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 9.3 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 19th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 22.9% 21st Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4 per 1,000 2024 down 37.5% 41st Secondary education, teachers 42,585 2013 up 25.4% 96th School enrollment, secondary, female 50.9% 2013 up 41.6% 166th School enrollment, secondary, male 54.0% 2013 up 27.1% 168th School enrollment, tertiary 7.7% 2024 up 5.9% 166th School enrollment, primary, private 13.1% 2020 down 85.2% 94th School enrollment, preprimary 74.3% 2021 up 62.2% 87th School enrollment, tertiary, male 6.8% 2024 down 19.1% 169th School enrollment, tertiary, female 8.7% 2024 up 36.2% 155th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9599 GPI 2013 up 9.2% 156th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.21 GPI 2024 up 60.6% 97th Secondary education, teachers, female 19,470 2013 up 44.0% 99th Primary completion rate, female 88.0% 2024 up 2.3% 132nd Primary completion rate, male 84.0% 2024 down 2.5% 132nd Government expenditure on education, total 0.4% 2023 down 93.6% 194th Secondary education, general pupils 957,461 2013 up 26.3% 67th Lower secondary completion rate, total 65.6% 2024 down 1.0% 135th School enrollment, preprimary, female 74.4% 2021 up 61.1% 85th School enrollment, preprimary, male 74.2% 2021 up 63.4% 86th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 87.6% 2019 up 13.8% 107th Government expenditure on education, total 17.9% 2025 down 39.3% 34th Secondary education, general pupils 49.6% 2013 up 4.3% 117th Lower secondary completion rate, female 68.0% 2024 up 1.4% 139th Lower secondary completion rate, male 63.3% 2024 down 3.4% 135th Children out of school 10.5% 2024 up 1.4% 49th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 2.94 million 2024 up 10.5% 55th Secondary education, pupils 957,461 2013 up 26.3% 78th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 90.8% 2019 up 15.8% 93rd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 84.4% 2019 up 11.8% 103rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 1997 — 185th Number of under-five deaths, male 17,703 2024 up 5.0% 35th Number of under-five deaths, female 14,099 2024 up 5.2% 35th Number of infant deaths, female 13,603 2024 up 11.3% 28th Number of infant deaths, male 17,110 2024 up 10.9% 28th Children out of school, female 9.6% 2024 down 0.6% 61st Children out of school, male 11.4% 2024 up 3.0% 50th Secondary education, vocational pupils 100.0% 1986 up 17.9% 1st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 107.5% 2013 down 16.2% 47th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.2% 2025 up 79.2% 40th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 9.4% 2025 up 65.8% 54th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 9.3% 2025 up 72.1% 42nd Primary education, teachers 62.0% 2024 up 9.2% 147th Persistence to grade 5, total 92.9% 2019 up 11.4% 80th Page 1 of 3 Next →