Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Zambia
Zambia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 7.32 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Zambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 7.32 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Zambia peaked at 7.32 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.26, in 1960.
That places Zambia 94th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.26 | — |
| 1965 | 2.57 | +13.7% |
| 1970 | 2.98 | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 3.65 | +22.5% |
| 1980 | 4.17 | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 4.61 | +10.6% |
| 1990 | 4.89 | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 6.01 | +22.9% |
| 2000 | 6.16 | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 6.42 | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 7.32 | +14.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.42 | 2.26 | 2.57 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.31 | 2.98 | 3.65 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.39 | 4.17 | 4.61 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.45 | 4.89 | 6.01 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.29 | 6.16 | 6.42 | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.32 | 7.32 | 7.32 | 1 |
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More education data for Zambia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.65 % change on previous year (2012)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 69,123 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 47,736 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 24,494 (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 59.03 % change on previous year (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 32,186 (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -20.25 % change on previous year (2012)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Zambia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Zambia was 7.32 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.32 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.26 in 1960.
- How does Zambia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Zambia ranks 94th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. 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 total schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 15.