Qualified primary teachers in Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, 97.9% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Zimbabwe, 2024 97.9% % of primary teachers
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 97.9%
Position in 2024 29th of 79 See the full ranking

Qualified primary teachers in Zimbabwe over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2012 to 2024
Period Zimbabwe
2024 97.9%
2023 97.9%
2022 97.9%
2021 97.6%
2020 97.8%
2019 97.3%
2018 97.1%
2017 97.4%
2016 97.2%
2015 93.9%
2014 89.2%
2013 85.9%
2012 88.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 97.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 89.2%, the figure has changed by +8.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Zimbabwe has the 29th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1998 to 2024 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