Education in Zambia 1,854 indicators covering education for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 11.51 years 2024 — 111th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 10.93 years 2024 — 133rd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.05 GPIA 2024 — 23rd School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.1981 years 2012 up 66.3% 190th School life expectancy, secondary, female 3.11 years 2024 — 180th School life expectancy, secondary, male 2.89 years 2024 — 189th School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.07 GPIA 2024 — 47th Secondary education, vocational pupils 34.3% 1988 down 13.0% 146th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.5% 1988 up 3.3% 121st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 — 1st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 — 1st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 2nd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 7.53 years 1990 up 2.7% 175th School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.09 years 2024 up 329.9% 154th Productivity vs. educational attainment 5.63 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 19.2% 113th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 107.4% 2017 down 9.7% 48th Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 67.4% 2025 down 0.4% 144th Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 72.6% 2025 up 2.3% 140th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.14 modelled data 2025 up 4.5% 16th Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 62.1% 2025 down 3.3% 146th Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate -2.87 % change on previous year 1990 down 123.9% 130th Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 49.7% 2024 — 148th Teachers in secondary education, female 21,175 2024 — 96th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 4.9% 1988 down 25.4% 110th Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 50.1% 2025 up 9.2% 128th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 52.7% 2025 up 14.1% 129th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.1 modelled data 2025 up 8.6% 40th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 47.5% 2025 up 4.1% 130th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 28.0% 2025 up 11.9% 126th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 28.4% 2025 up 24.1% 126th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 modelled data 2025 up 22.0% 108th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 27.6% 2025 up 1.6% 125th Teachers in secondary education, male 21,410 2024 — 89th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.2% 2025 up 0.9% 88th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.7% 2025 down 1.9% 79th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.9% 2025 down 0.6% 80th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 3.4% 2012 up 129.7% 179th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 4.5% 2012 up 36.5% 178th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7534 GPIA 2012 up 68.2% 163rd Primary education, teachers 59.2% 2024 up 9.7% 153rd Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year 2017 down 123.3% 161st Repeaters, primary, total 5.5% 2013 down 26.9% 57th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.1703 years 2012 up 129.7% 184th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.2261 years 2012 up 36.6% 184th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.7533 GPIA 2012 up 68.2% 164th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 14.9% 2017 up 80.4% 31st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 7.73 years 1990 up 5.3% 176th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 81.8% 2013 up 37.0% 150th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 996 number 1987 up 38.9% 140th Persistence to grade 5, total 74.5% 2012 down 19.9% 131st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 55.5% 2012 down 32.8% 164th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3,406 2024 down 5.5% 32nd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,879 2024 up 4.5% 45th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2,400 2024 down 17.0% 49th ← Previous Page 7 of 31 Next →