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Secondary school enrollment — Zimbabwe

Secondary school enrollment in Zimbabwe in 2013 — 52.4%. Ranked 122 in the world out of 141. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 45.4 pp.

2013 52.4% −23.4 pp vs 2012
World rank 122of 141
Period maximum 75.9%2012
Period minimum 7%1970

Trend over time

1970–2013 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Zimbabwe, 1970–201302040608019701975198019851990199520002005201020131970: 7%1971: 7.4%1972: 8%1973: 8.3%1974: 8.4%1975: 8.8%1976: 8.9%1977: 9%1978: 8.9%1979: 8.5%1980: 8.9%1981: 15.2%1982: 22.2%1983: 29.3%1984: 37%1985: 41.2%1986: 44.3%1987: 46.3%1988: 47.6%1989: 47.8%1990: 45.2%1991: 46.5%1992: 41.2%1993: 38.7%1994: 38.9%1995: 40.2%1996: 40.5%1997: 41.6%1999: 40.2%2000: 40%2001: 42.1%2002: 41.5%2003: 39.1%2012: 75.9%2013: 52.4%
Change over the period: +45.4 pp Annual average: 1.06 pp

Comparison, 2013

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 52.4%
World 74%
Sub-Saharan Africa 43.4%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 64.6%
Secondary school enrollment — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2013 52.4 −23.4 pp
2012 75.9 —
2003 39.1 −2.4 pp
2002 41.5 −0.7 pp
2001 42.1 +2.1 pp
2000 40 −0.1 pp
1999 40.2 —
1997 41.6 +1 pp
1996 40.5 +0.4 pp
1995 40.2 +1.3 pp
1994 38.9 +0.2 pp
1993 38.7 −2.5 pp
1992 41.2 −5.3 pp
1991 46.5 +1.3 pp
1990 45.2 −2.7 pp
1989 47.8 +0.2 pp
1988 47.6 +1.3 pp
1987 46.3 +2.1 pp
1986 44.3 +3 pp
1985 41.2 +4.2 pp
1984 37 +7.7 pp
1983 29.3 +7.1 pp
1982 22.2 +7 pp
1981 15.2 +6.2 pp
1980 8.9 +0.5 pp
1979 8.5 −0.5 pp
1978 8.9 −0.1 pp
1977 9 +0.1 pp
1976 8.9 +0.1 pp
1975 8.8 +0.3 pp
1974 8.4 +0.1 pp
1973 8.3 +0.3 pp
1972 8 +0.7 pp
1971 7.4 +0.3 pp
1970 7 —

Eastern Africa, 2013

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MU Mauritius 93.8 SC Seychelles 84.7 KM Comoros 59 ZW Zimbabwe 52.4 ER Eritrea 51.3 MW Malawi 37.8 MZ Mozambique 34.4 BI Burundi 34.2 TZ Tanzania 32.4 RW Rwanda 30.2
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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