Education in Zambia 1,854 indicators covering education for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), per square 0.085 units per square kilometre 1988 up 87.1% 202nd Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 11.02 years 2023 up 0.2% 157th School enrollment, preprimary 8.7% 2017 up 243.1% 184th Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), per square kilometre 0.144 units per square kilometre 1988 up 68.4% 197th School enrollment, tertiary, male 4.5% 2012 up 36.5% 177th School enrollment, tertiary, female 3.4% 2012 up 129.7% 177th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.7534 GPI 2012 up 68.2% 161st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.5978 GPI 1988 up 11.6% 192nd Secondary education, general pupils, gaps filled 854,549 2017 up 40.7% 71st Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita 0.001 units per person 2024 — 169th Secondary education, teachers, female 21,175 2024 — 96th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.0762 units per square kilometre 2012 up 144.8% 185th Average years of schooling among adults 7.4 years 2023 up 12.5% 136th Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 7.4 years 2023 up 12.5% 136th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 7.4 years 2023 up 12.5% 136th Secondary education, teachers, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 — 40th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 8.42 years 2023 up 9.5% 125th Years of schooling, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 14.4% 79th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), per 0.0053 units per person 2013 down 3.5% 30th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per capita 0.0057 units per person 2013 down 15.8% 33rd Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 10.91 years 2023 down 4.9% 165th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), per unit 0 units per US$ of GDP 2013 down 79.1% 30th Primary completion rate, male 83.9% 2013 up 27.0% 133rd Primary completion rate, female 79.8% 2013 up 49.0% 148th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per unit 0 units per US$ of GDP 2013 down 81.8% 33rd Expected years of schooling males vs females, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 3.3% 84th Years of schooling, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% 5th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.002 units per person 2024 — 185th Secondary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.009 units per square kilometre 1988 up 60.7% 198th Duration of compulsory education 7 years 2025 unchanged 173rd Official entrance age to compulsory education 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Expected years of schooling males vs females, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% 17th Secondary education, general pupils, per capita 0.049 units per person 2017 up 1.4% 173rd Secondary education, general pupils 854,549 2017 up 40.7% 71st Duration of compulsory education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 — 53rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 55.3% 2013 up 46.3% 148th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 61.3% 1994 down 11.2% 189th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 7.16 years 1994 down 7.5% 189th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.053 units per square kilometre 2017 up 62.7% 173rd Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre 0.052 units per square kilometre 2017 up 47.7% 132nd Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), per 0.2286 units per square kilometre 2013 up 29.7% 78th Secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre 1.15 units per square kilometre 2017 up 40.7% 179th School enrollment, preprimary, male 8.3% 2017 up 248.0% 182nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 9.1% 2017 up 238.7% 181st Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education 2.82 % change on previous year 2013 down 93.1% 88th Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled 9,486 1994 up 18.4% 126th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 55.5% 2012 down 32.8% 163rd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), per 0.0329 units per square kilometre 2012 up 234.4% 182nd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), per 0.0433 units per square kilometre 2012 up 103.3% 178th Secondary education, general pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 23.6% 52nd School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.2058 years 2012 up 81.6% 172nd Government expenditure on education, total 14.5% 2025 down 13.3% 65th Secondary education, general pupils 48.5% 2017 up 3.4% 160th Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 39,407 number 2017 up 62.7% 72nd 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 Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 264,052 2025 up 37.7% 56th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 264,902 2025 up 36.0% 53rd ← Previous Page 4 of 31 Next →