Compulsory education, duration in Zambia
Zambia: Compulsory education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Compulsory education, duration in Zambia, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compulsory education, duration in Zambia is 7 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Zambia peaked at 7 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1998.
Zambia ranks 168th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
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More education data for Zambia
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 115.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 116,859 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 118.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 112.8% (2024)
- Labor force, female 46.3% (2025)
- Labor force, total 8.01 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Zambia?
- Compulsory education, duration in Zambia was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1998.
- How does Zambia rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Zambia ranks 168th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.