Upper secondary completion in Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, 14.0% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2005 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
Zimbabwe, 2019 14.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2015 +1.3percentage points 2015: 12.7%
Position in 2019 64th of 68 See the full ranking

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2005 to 2019
Period Zimbabwe
2019 14.0%
2015 12.7%
2014 9.8%
2012 10.9%
2010 12.1%
2009 13.0%
2005 4.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 12.7% in 2015, a change of +1.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2005, when it was 4.9%, the figure has changed by +9.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 68 countries with data for 2019, Zimbabwe has the 64th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2019 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