Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zambia
Zambia: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female was 6.8 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zambia is 6.8, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zambia peaked at 6.8 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.35, in 1960.
Zambia ranks 8th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.35 | — |
| 1965 | 2.76 | +17.4% |
| 1970 | 3.73 | +35.1% |
| 1975 | 4.64 | +24.4% |
| 1980 | 4.14 | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 4.32 | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 3.95 | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 5.37 | +35.9% |
| 2000 | 5.75 | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 5.97 | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 6.8 | +13.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.55 | 2.35 | 2.76 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.18 | 3.73 | 4.64 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.23 | 4.14 | 4.32 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.66 | 3.95 | 5.37 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.86 | 5.75 | 5.97 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More education data for Zambia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42,585 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 169,961 (2013)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.39 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.49 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2017)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.2106 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zambia?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female in Zambia was 6.8 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.35 in 1960.
- How does Zambia rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Zambia ranks 8th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 15-19.