Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education was 26.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
26.4%
World rank
66th
of 144 countries
All-time high
84.7%
in 1970
All-time low
26.4%
in 2005
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe, 1960–2010

204060801960198520101960: 61.81965: 61.61970: 84.71975: 54.71980: 54.51985: 54.21990: 541995: 39.42000: 372005: 26.42010: 26.4

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe stood at 26.4%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe peaked at 84.7% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 26.4%, in 2005.

That places Zimbabwe 66th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 61.8%
1965 61.6% -0.3%
1970 84.7% +37.6%
1975 54.7% -35.5%
1980 54.5% -0.4%
1985 54.2% -0.4%
1990 54.0% -0.5%
1995 39.4% -27.0%
2000 37.0% -6.1%
2005 26.4% -28.7%
2010 26.4% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 61.7% 61.6% 61.8% 2
1970s 69.7% 54.7% 84.7% 2
1980s 54.3% 54.2% 54.5% 2
1990s 46.7% 39.4% 54.0% 2
2000s 31.7% 26.4% 37.0% 2
2010s 26.4% 26.4% 26.4% 1

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 63 Mexico 27.6% compare
  2. 64 Brazil 26.7% compare
  3. 65 Lesotho 26.6% compare
  4. 67 Portugal 26.1% compare
  5. 68 South Africa 25.1% compare
  6. 69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 24.8% compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

More reference data data for Zimbabwe

All data for Zimbabwe →

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe was 26.4% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 84.7% in 1970.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 26.4% in 2005.
How does Zimbabwe rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education?
Zimbabwe ranks 66th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-no-education/zimbabwe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-no-education/zimbabwe/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zimbabwe</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education