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
Education Snapshot Back to Top
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
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
A New Equilibrium for Girls
Project/Program
Accelerated Learning Program
Project/Program
CAMFED Association
Project/Program
Community Action Plan
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Community Grants Program
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Enough
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Girls' Education Challenge Transition (GEC-T)
Project/Program
Grassroot Soccer Curriculum
Project/Program
Leading Community Action for Vulnerable Girls: Young African women at the forefront of COVID-19
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Research Project/Report/Study
Programmatic approaches to the gender-related impacts of COVID-19 on education: Lessons from 2020
Project/Program
School-Related Gender-Based Violence: A Whole School Approach Pilot Initiative
Project/Program
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Project/Program
Secondary School Bursaries
Teacher Professional Development
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Project/Program
Using Technology to Enhance the Re-introduction of Education amongst the Most Vulnerable Girls in Zimbabwe
Project/Program
Youth Clubs
Project/Program
Youth Enterprise
Project/Program
Zimbabwe Girls Secondary Education 2012 - 2020