Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data was reported at 88.693 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 83.583 % for 2011. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 83.548 % from Dec 1982 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 88.693 % in 2014 and a record low of 77.794 % in 1982. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Adult: % of People Aged 15 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Zimbabwe – Table ZW.World Bank: Education Statistics. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data was reported at 90.428 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 90.931 % for 2011. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 90.679 % from Dec 1982 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95.411 % in 1992 and a record low of 89.022 % in 1982. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth: % of People Age 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Zimbabwe – Table ZW.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data was reported at 93.188 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 92.125 % for 2011. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 92.656 % from Dec 1982 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 94.353 % in 1992 and a record low of 84.812 % in 1982. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth Female: % of Females Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Zimbabwe – Table ZW.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data was reported at 87.592 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 89.591 % for 2011. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 91.709 % from Dec 1982 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 96.541 % in 1992 and a record low of 87.592 % in 2014. Zimbabwe ZW: Literacy Rate: Youth Male: % of Males Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Zimbabwe – Table ZW.World Bank: Education Statistics. Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Zimbabwe ZW: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data was reported at 1.064 Ratio in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.028 Ratio for 2011. Zimbabwe ZW: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 1.003 Ratio from Dec 1982 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.064 Ratio in 2014 and a record low of 0.904 Ratio in 1982. Zimbabwe ZW: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Literacy Rate: Youth Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Zimbabwe – Table ZW.World Bank: Education Statistics. Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

In South Africa, the insurance penetration rate was ***** percent in 2017, which was the highest rate in Sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa was followed by Namibia, Lesotho, Mauritius and Zimbabwe, which had insurance penetration rates ranging between **** and ***** percent. Over half of the countries in the region had a rate of less than *** percent.

What is insurance penetration? Insurance penetration refers to the ratio between the value of premiums written in a particular year in a particular country to the GDP of the respective country. Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have lower than average insurance penetration rates, when compared with other parts of the world.

The future of insurance in Africa This low penetration is due to the fact that the African insurance industry is still in its infancy, premiums are financially out of reach of many people and financial literacy is relatively low. However, African insurers believe that rising education and financial literacy levels, the growth of the black middle class and the increase in the working population will have a large impact in the insurance industry in the region.