Primary school completion rate in Zimbabwe
The primary completion rate in Zimbabwe was 86.0% in 2024.
Zimbabwe, 2024
86.0%
Change from 2023
+0.8percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Zimbabwe over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 86.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 85.2% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 83.2% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 83.0% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 88.3% | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 86.8% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 87.9% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 87.9% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 88.9% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 89.2% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 86.1% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 87.1% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 87.0% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | – | 87.8% |
| 2010 | – | 88.5% |
| 2009 | – | 89.0% |
| 2008 | – | 88.2% |
| 2007 | – | 86.5% |
| 2006 | – | 85.3% |
| 2005 | – | 85.0% |
| 2004 | – | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 93.7% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 95.2% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 100.8% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 85.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 86.1%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.
More for Zimbabwe
All statistics for Zimbabwe
Primary school enrolment (gross)
93.1%
2024 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
52.4%
2013 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
30.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
88.8%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
72.4%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
14.0%
2019 · UNESCO UIS