Education in Zambia 1,854 indicators covering education for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 528,954 2025 up 36.8% 56th Start of the academic school year 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 116th Theoretical duration of secondary education 5 years 2025 unchanged 193rd Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 52nd Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2025 unchanged 10th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 205th Official entrance age to lower secondary education 14 years 2025 unchanged 1st Start of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 1st Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Theoretical duration of primary education 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Official entrance age to primary education 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 32,186 2012 up 103.3% 127th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 24,494 2012 up 234.4% 137th Teachers in primary education, male 47,736 2024 up 32.2% 38th Teachers in primary education, female 69,123 2024 up 63.5% 54th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 59.2% 2024 up 9.7% 164th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 115.6% 2024 up 7.9% 22nd School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 8.22 years 2024 up 9.6% 8th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.9% 1988 down 25.4% 116th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.5% 1988 up 3.3% 139th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 56,680 2012 up 144.8% 132nd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 100.0% 2024 — 1st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 100.0% 2024 — 1st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 651,791 2024 up 396.1% 45th Enrolment in secondary education, male 663,308 2024 — 62nd Enrolment in secondary education, female 723,878 2024 — 58th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 116,859 2024 up 49.1% 52nd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 4.5% 1994 down 30.8% 141st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 100.0% 2024 — 1st Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 1.39 million 2024 — 59th Enrolment in primary education, male 2.19 million 2024 up 35.7% 39th Enrolment in primary education, female 2.30 million 2024 up 43.4% 35th School age population, upper secondary education, male 730,600 2025 up 39.9% 55th School age population, upper secondary education, female 735,829 2025 up 38.5% 52nd School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.47 million 2025 up 39.2% 54th School age population, secondary education, male 1.25 million 2025 up 39.2% 65th School age population, secondary education, female 1.26 million 2025 up 37.7% 65th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 2.51 million 2025 up 38.4% 65th School age population, tertiary education, male 1.05 million 2025 up 36.2% 57th School age population, tertiary education, female 1.06 million 2025 up 36.1% 57th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 2.11 million 2025 up 36.2% 57th School age population, lower secondary education, male 521,940 2025 up 38.2% 70th School age population, lower secondary education, female 523,767 2025 up 36.5% 70th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 1.05 million 2025 up 37.3% 70th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 269,270 2025 up 36.6% 54th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 270,013 2025 up 34.9% 51st School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 539,283 2025 up 35.7% 53rd School age population, primary education, male 1.97 million 2025 up 27.2% 44th School age population, primary education, female 1.97 million 2025 up 26.2% 40th School age population, primary education, both sexes 3.94 million 2025 up 26.7% 43rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 293,259 2025 up 19.0% 49th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 293,451 2025 up 18.5% 48th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 586,710 2025 up 18.7% 48th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 299,105 2025 up 17.8% 49th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 299,265 2025 up 17.5% 48th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 598,370 2025 up 17.6% 48th School age population, pre-primary education, male 1.23 million 2025 up 16.5% 28th School age population, pre-primary education, female 1.23 million 2025 up 16.3% 27th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 2.46 million 2025 up 16.4% 27th ← Previous Page 5 of 31 Next →