Guatemala vs Zambia: Share of the population with tertiary education
Guatemala
0.4%
in 2020
Zambia
1.0%
in 2020
Guatemala rank
110th
Zambia rank
107th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Guatemala
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 1.0% against 0.4% in Guatemala, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 2.5 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Zambia ahead.
Guatemala ranks 110th and Zambia ranks 107th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 11 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Guatemala |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Guatemala |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Guatemala |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Guatemala |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Guatemala |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Guatemala |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 0.4% | 2.1% | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 3.1% | 1.4% | 1.7% | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 3.8% | 2.1% | 1.7% | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Guatemala or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 1.0% against 0.4% in Guatemala as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Guatemala and Zambia?
- 0.6%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Zambia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Guatemala and Zambia rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Guatemala ranks 110th and Zambia ranks 107th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.