Primary completion (UIS) in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, 88.8% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Zimbabwe, 2019
88.8%
Change from 2015
+0.7percentage points
Position in 2019
48th of 61
Primary completion (UIS) 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 children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 88.8% |
| 2015 | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 86.8% |
| 2012 | 83.8% |
| 2010 | 88.3% |
| 2009 | 85.8% |
| 2005 | 87.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 88.1% in 2015, a change of +0.7 percentage points.
- Since 2005, when it was 87.3%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
- Among the 61 countries with data for 2019, Zimbabwe has the 48th highest value.
More for Zimbabwe
All statistics for Zimbabwe
Lower secondary completion
72.4%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
86.0%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
30.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
14.0%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
10.5%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
12.9%
2024 · UNESCO UIS