Education in Zambia 1,854 indicators covering education for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 44.1% 2024 up 9.3% 105th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 52.0% 2024 up 5.4% 102nd Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 90.7% 2024 up 15.3% 98th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 52.0% 2024 up 5.4% 101st Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 87.7% 2024 up 17.1% 99th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 37.8% 2024 up 18.5% 106th Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.7264 GPIA 2024 up 12.4% 109th Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 37.8% 2024 up 18.5% 105th Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 94.3% 2024 up 14.3% 93rd Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.8972 GPIA 2023 up 7.7% 88th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.8957 GPIA 2023 up 10.3% 93rd Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 0.93 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% 99th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 8.8% 2021 down 33.0% 101st Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 13.3% 2017 up 182.3% 74th Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 1.01 2024 up 13.9% 54th Share of young women vs. men who are not in education, employment or training 32.3% 2023 down 30.9% 18th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 98.6% 2017 down 0.0% 26th Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 534.75 2017 up 297.7% 98th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2017 — 7th Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 17.9% 2023 down 6.7% 33rd Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2017 — 7th Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 77.3% 2017 down 22.7% 118th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 9.1% 2024 down 31.0% 91st Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 22.7% 2017 — 10th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.9473 GPIA 2023 down 6.8% 69th Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2017 — 7th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 89.2% 2024 up 2.4% 74th Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 82.4% 2016 down 19.8% 78th Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 1.4% 2017 up 1.0% 104th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 6.4% 2024 down 14.6% 94th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 67.4% 2017 down 18.7% 86th Gross graduation ratio, primary, female 81.1% 2016 down 14.8% 80th Gross graduation ratio, primary, male 83.6% 2016 down 24.2% 74th Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 9.9% 2017 down 41.8% 93rd All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 91.4% 2017 down 2.5% 17th Literacy rate 71.8% 2024 down 13.7% 102nd Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 7.2% 2017 up 46.7% 98th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 18.2% 2023 up 8.5% 75th Literacy rate vs. average years of schooling 80.0% 2022 down 3.8% 90th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 65.4% 2018 up 2.4% 29th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 53.2% 2018 down 9.7% 34th Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 3.2% 2024 down 40.5% 103rd Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 3.2% 2024 down 40.5% 103rd Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 4.2% 2024 down 41.3% 103rd Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 4.2% 2024 down 41.3% 103rd Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 2.5% 2024 down 35.8% 98th Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 2.5% 2024 down 35.8% 98th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total 1,546 2010 up 27.6% 57th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, female 771 2010 up 27.6% 57th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total 1,342 2010 up 32.0% 59th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, female 670 2010 up 31.9% 60th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25-29, total 1,042 2010 up 25.7% 63rd Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25-29, female 516 2010 up 25.2% 63rd Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 30-34, total 759 2010 up 31.5% 69th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 30-34, female 366 2010 up 28.9% 71st Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 35-39, total 543 2010 up 22.0% 79th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 35-39, female 252 2010 up 14.5% 78th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, total 365 2010 down 3.2% 90th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, female 169 2010 down 12.0% 96th Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 45-49, total 298 2010 down 3.6% 98th ← Previous Page 20 of 31 Next →