Education in Zambia 1,854 indicators covering education for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population, age 16, male 171,286 2015 up 26.7% 61st Population, age 17, male 167,176 2015 up 27.1% 62nd Population, age 18, male 162,286 2015 up 27.2% 63rd Population, age 19, male 156,893 2015 up 27.0% 63rd Population, age 20, male 151,465 2015 up 26.7% 64th Population, age 21, male 145,867 2015 up 26.3% 66th Population, age 22, male 140,623 2015 up 25.9% 67th Population, age 23, male 136,025 2015 up 25.7% 67th Population, age 24, male 131,823 2015 up 25.7% 68th Population, age 25, male 127,516 2015 up 25.7% 68th Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in formal and 0.8957 2023 up 10.3% 100th Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 43.8% 2023 up 3.1% 100th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 5.8% 2012 down 19.5% 39th Government expenditure on tertiary education, PPP$ 196.71 millions 2017 up 69.7% 109th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, PPP$ 8.89 millions 2017 — 113th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant PPP$ 10.51 millions 2017 — 112th Government expenditure on tertiary education, constant PPP$ 232.53 millions 2017 up 56.0% 110th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes 29.1% 2024 up 2.0% 72nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, female 27.7% 2024 up 17.5% 72nd Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 19.9% 2024 up 16.3% 112th Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary 19.9% 2024 up 16.3% 112th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male 30.8% 2024 down 11.0% 69th Proportion of total government spending on essential services 14.6% 2024 down 18.1% 39th Initial government funding per pre-primary student as a percentage of 1.9% 2016 — 108th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes 21,750 number 2013 up 24.8% 25th Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes 53.0% 2024 up 2.9% 72nd Completion rate, lower secondary education, female 53.1% 2024 up 9.8% 72nd Completion rate, lower secondary education, male 52.8% 2024 down 3.6% 72nd Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary 21.13 2014 down 60.5% 31st Government expenditure per student, primary 12.9% 2017 up 169.7% 79th Modern contraception usage vs. average years of schooling for women 47.5% 2018 up 45.3% 55th Share in poverty vs. educational attainment 9.63 years 2040 up 6.4% 103rd Completion rate, primary education, female 76.3% 2024 up 0.3% 70th Initial government funding per pre-primary student, constant PPP$ 77.51 2016 — 109th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, female 5.5% 2012 down 18.2% 34th Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 5.8% 2012 down 19.5% 42nd Completion rate, primary education, both sexes 74.3% 2024 down 0.9% 69th Completion rate, primary education, male 72.2% 2024 down 2.3% 69th Government expenditure on secondary education, PPP$ 514.72 millions 2017 up 689.4% 92nd Government expenditure on primary education, PPP$ 1,486 millions 2017 up 452.5% 71st Government expenditure on secondary education, constant PPP$ 608.46 millions 2017 up 625.5% 89th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 10,474 number 2013 up 37.1% 24th Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 1,757 millions 2017 up 407.8% 67th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 10.1% 2023 up 85.5% 102nd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 10.1% 2023 up 85.5% 102nd Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 11.7% 2023 up 64.3% 99th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 11.7% 2023 up 64.3% 99th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 8.5% 2023 up 121.6% 104th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 8.5% 2023 up 121.6% 104th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes 0 2016 — 16th Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index 0.96 index 2024 up 1.1% 73rd Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, female 0 2016 — 14th Average years of schooling 8.37 years 2020 up 13.1% 72nd Share of the population with tertiary education 1.0% 2020 down 33.3% 107th Share of population with no formal education 6.8% 2020 down 43.3% 40th Share of the population with at least some formal education 93.2% 2020 up 5.9% 72nd Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, male 0 2016 — 16th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.7307 GPIA 2023 up 34.9% 105th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 44.1% 2024 up 9.3% 106th Share of the population with lower secondary education 44.1% 2024 up 9.3% 106th ← Previous Page 19 of 31 Next →