FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Africa > Zimbabwe > Education

ZIMBABWEAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 5.4 [59th of 100]
Children out of school, primary 429,275 Time series [21st of 126]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of compulsory education 7 years [125th of 171]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Duration of education > Primary level 7 [5th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [76th of 181]
Source: UNESCO
Education spending (% of GDP) 4.7% [65th of 132]
Source: UNESCO
Education, primary completion rate 80 Time series [105th of 148]
Source: United Nations Human Development Programme
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 40.4% [98th of 135]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Female teachers > Lower secondary 37.4% [20th of 20]
Source: UNESCO
Geographical aptitude results 54.913 [190th of 191]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 1,375 hours [2nd of 38]
Source: The Geography Zone
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 753 hours [26th of 38]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Library books 100,590 [69th of 81]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
Literacy > Male 94.2% Time series [69th of 156]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy > Total population 90.7% Time series [79th of 160]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Public spending per student > Primary level 13.2 [69th of 126]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 38.56 Time series [26th of 159]
Source: UNESCO
Spending on teaching materials 1.3 [20th of 30]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 39 weeks per year [18th of 36]
Source: UNESCO
Tertiary enrollment 3.9% [117th of 151]
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics

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SOURCES: UNESCO; World Development Indicators database; United Nations Human Development Programme; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe

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