Primary school completion rate in Zimbabwe

The primary completion rate in Zimbabwe was 86.0% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1984 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zimbabwe, 2024 86.0% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 85.2%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Zimbabwe over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period Zimbabwe
2024 86.0%
2023 85.2%
2022 83.2%
2021 83.0%
2020 88.3%
2019 86.8%
2018 87.9%
2017 87.9%
2016 88.9%
2015 89.2%
2014 86.1%
2013 87.1%
2012 87.0%
2003 93.7%
2002 95.2%
2001 100.8%

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%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1984 to 2024 for Zimbabwe
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics