School age population, early childhood education, male in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: School age population, early childhood education, male was 456,646 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
456,646 number
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
77th
of 199 countries
All-time high
456,646 number
in 2019
All-time low
329,358 number
in 2000
Years of data
22
1998–2019

School age population, early childhood education, male in Zimbabwe, 1998–2019

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k1998200820191998: 337.7k number1999: 332.1k number2000: 329.4k number2001: 329.8k number2002: 330.9k number2003: 332.4k number2004: 333.9k number2005: 334.8k number2006: 337.7k number2007: 342.0k number2008: 347.5k number2009: 354.0k number2010: 361.5k number2011: 373.0k number2012: 386.3k number2013: 399.9k number2014: 412.4k number2015: 421.8k number2016: 433.0k number2017: 444.2k number2018: 453.0k number2019: 456.6k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, school age population, early childhood education, male in Zimbabwe stood at 456,646 number. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 29.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, male in Zimbabwe peaked at 456,646 number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 329,358 number, in 2000.

Zimbabwe ranks 77th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 334,884 number 332,073 number 337,695 number 2
2000s 337,239 number 329,358 number 354,043 number 10
2010s 414,164 number 361,476 number 456,646 number 10

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  3. 76 Lao People's Democratic Republic 480,946 number compare
  4. 78 Papua New Guinea 438,843 number compare
  5. 79 Azerbaijan 428,272 number compare
  6. 80 El Salvador 412,597 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, early childhood education, male in Zimbabwe?
School age population, early childhood education, male in Zimbabwe was 456,646 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 456,646 number in 2019.
What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, male recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 329,358 number in 2000.
How does Zimbabwe rank for school age population, early childhood education, male?
Zimbabwe ranks 77th out of 199 countries with data for 2019.
Is school age population, early childhood education, male rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School age population, early childhood education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
239 places, 5,152 data points, 1970–2020
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to early childhood education (ISCED 0) as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years, and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/