Primary education, duration in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Primary education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary education, duration in Zimbabwe, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary education, duration in Zimbabwe is 7 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, duration in Zimbabwe peaked at 7 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1970.
Zimbabwe ranks 3rd of 210 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 1 Guam 8 years compare
- 1 Ireland 8 years compare
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 7 years compare
- 3 Australia 7 years compare
- 3 Botswana 7 years compare
- 3 British Virgin Islands 7 years compare
- 3 Denmark 7 years compare
- 3 Dominica 7 years compare
- 3 Eswatini 7 years compare
- 3 Grenada 7 years compare
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- 3 Lesotho 7 years compare
- 3 Mozambique 7 years compare
- 3 Namibia 7 years compare
- 3 Norway 7 years compare
- 3 South Africa 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Lucia 7 years compare
- 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 years compare
- 3 Tanzania 7 years compare
- 3 Trinidad and Tobago 7 years compare
- 3 Uganda 7 years compare
- 3 Zambia 7 years compare
More education data for Zimbabwe
- Population ages 0-14 40.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.2% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 90,330 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 92.8% (2024)
- Labor force, female 49.6% (2025)
- Labor force, total 6.85 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in Zimbabwe?
- Primary education, duration in Zimbabwe was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, duration recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for primary education, duration?
- Zimbabwe ranks 3rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.