Zambia's adult literacy rose from 65.0 % in 1990 to 71.8 % in 2024.
Zambia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 98.3 % in 1985 to 115.6 % in 2024.
Zambia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Zambia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 66.4 % in 1990 to 77.7 % in 2024.
Zambia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 12.2 % in 1970 to 56.8 % in 2024.
Zambia's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.4 % in 1970 to 4.0 % in 2012.
Zambia's children out of school, primary fell from 207,116 in 1976 to 136,539 in 2024.
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- Primary completion ratedown −7.6 pts110th of 140*
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.4 pts71st of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +4.4 pts67th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs157th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs94th of 145
- Learning poverty41st of 41*
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- Education spendingup +0.4 pts51st of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.9 pts20th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −2.9 %125th of 135
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