Education in Zambia 123 indicators covering education for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 57.0% 2025 up 7.4% 189th Population ages 0-14 41.0% 2025 down 9.3% 18th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Lower secondary school starting age 14 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 115.6% 2024 up 7.9% 21st Primary education, teachers 116,859 2024 up 49.1% 52nd School enrollment, primary, female 118.3% 2024 up 11.4% 15th School enrollment, primary, male 112.8% 2024 up 4.5% 29th Labor force, total 8.01 million 2025 up 51.6% 67th Labor force, female 46.3% 2025 up 3.1% 82nd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2017 up 6.7% 19th School enrollment, secondary 56.8% 2024 — 163rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.1 per 1,000 2024 down 47.0% 63rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5 per 1,000 2024 down 39.8% 55th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 20.5% 41st Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 5.8 per 1,000 2024 down 21.6% 26th Secondary education, teachers 42,585 2024 — 96th School enrollment, secondary, female 59.1% 2024 — 162nd School enrollment, secondary, male 54.5% 2024 — 166th School enrollment, tertiary 4.0% 2012 up 66.3% 184th School enrollment, primary, private 3.2% 2013 up 25.4% 163rd School enrollment, preprimary 8.7% 2017 up 243.1% 184th School enrollment, tertiary, male 4.5% 2012 up 36.5% 177th School enrollment, tertiary, female 3.4% 2012 up 129.7% 177th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.5978 GPI 1988 up 11.6% 192nd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.7534 GPI 2012 up 68.2% 161st Secondary education, teachers, female 21,175 2024 — 96th Primary completion rate, female 79.8% 2013 up 49.0% 148th Primary completion rate, male 83.9% 2013 up 27.0% 133rd Government expenditure on education, total 4.1% 2023 up 9.6% 103rd Secondary education, general pupils 854,549 2017 up 40.7% 71st Lower secondary completion rate, total 55.3% 2013 up 46.3% 148th School enrollment, preprimary, female 9.1% 2017 up 238.7% 181st School enrollment, preprimary, male 8.3% 2017 up 248.0% 182nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 55.5% 2012 down 32.8% 163rd Government expenditure on education, total 14.5% 2025 down 13.3% 65th Secondary education, general pupils 48.5% 2017 up 3.4% 160th Lower secondary completion rate, female 51.0% 2013 up 46.0% 155th Lower secondary completion rate, male 59.6% 2013 up 46.6% 140th Children out of school 3.5% 2024 down 62.4% 103rd Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 4.49 million 2024 up 39.5% 38th Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Secondary education, pupils 1.39 million 2024 — 59th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 53.8% 2012 down 13.3% 151st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 57.3% 2012 down 18.8% 147th Secondary education, vocational pupils 9,486 1994 up 2.7% 126th Number of under-five deaths, male 18,142 2024 down 10.9% 32nd Number of under-five deaths, female 14,807 2024 down 11.8% 32nd Number of infant deaths, male 13,180 2024 down 7.3% 36th Number of infant deaths, female 10,622 2024 down 7.9% 35th Children out of school, female 13.8% 2017 up 75.0% 41st Children out of school, male 15.9% 2017 up 150.7% 36th Secondary education, vocational pupils 34.3% 1988 down 13.0% 146th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 107.4% 2017 down 9.7% 48th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.9% 2025 down 0.6% 79th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.7% 2025 down 1.9% 78th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.2% 2025 up 0.9% 87th Primary education, teachers 59.2% 2024 up 9.7% 153rd Repeaters, primary, total 5.5% 2013 down 26.9% 57th Page 1 of 3 Next →