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Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Zimbabwe was 67.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 73.65 in 2014, while its lowest value was 41.94 in 1984.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1984	41.94
2012	70.40
2013	71.94
2014	73.65
2015	62.56
2016	63.61
2017	65.05
2018	59.56
2019	66.99
2020	67.05

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Zimbabwe was 68.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 71.60 in 2014, while its lowest value was 60.36 in 1984.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1984	60.36
2012	69.49
2013	70.31
2014	71.60
2015	67.05
2016	67.25
2017	67.73
2018	63.80
2019	71.08
2020	68.93

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Zimbabwe was 67.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 72.63 in 2014, while its lowest value was 51.19 in 1984.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1984	51.19
2012	69.95
2013	71.13
2014	72.63
2015	64.79
2016	65.42
2017	66.39
2018	61.67
2019	69.03
2020	67.99

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes