Zimbabwe

Background Information

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank income group

Lower middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

33% (UNFPA, 2020)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

2,949,219 (UIS, 2020)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

2,062,944 (UIS, 2020)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

32%

Source: UNSDG, 2015

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

86

Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

35%

Source: DHS, 2015

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

55%

Source: DHS, 2015

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Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks

No data available

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS, 2018

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

No data available

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 92%

  • Male 86%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 54%

  • Male 54%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 12%

  • Male 17%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Female 4%

  • Male 6%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Lower secondary school

  • Female 24%

  • Male 27%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Upper secondary school

  • Female 78%

  • Male 66%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

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