Lower secondary completion in Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, 72.4% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2015. The value for 2015 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2005 to 2015 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Zimbabwe is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Zimbabwe, 2015 72.4% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2014 +2.7percentage points 2014: 69.7%

Lower secondary completion in Zimbabwe over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2005 to 2015
Period Zimbabwe
2015 72.4%
2014 69.7%
2012 70.1%
2010 71.7%
2009 69.7%
2005 61.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.7 percentage points from 69.7% in 2014.
  • Since 2005, when it was 61.9%, the figure has changed by +10.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2015 for Zimbabwe
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org