Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Zambia
Zambia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education was 18.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Zambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Zambia is 18.4%, measured in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Zambia peaked at 52.5% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 14.6%, in 1995.
That places Zambia 29th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 42.3% | — |
| 1965 | 42.3% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 31.9% | -24.6% |
| 1975 | 52.5% | +64.4% |
| 1980 | 21.8% | -58.4% |
| 1985 | 31.1% | +42.6% |
| 1990 | 28.8% | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 14.6% | -49.3% |
| 2000 | 16.0% | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 18.4% | +19.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.3% | 42.3% | 42.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 42.2% | 31.9% | 52.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 26.4% | 21.8% | 31.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 21.7% | 14.6% | 28.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.7% | 15.4% | 16.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.4% | 18.4% | 18.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 26 Brunei Darussalam 21.4% compare
- 27 Cameroon 20.1% compare
- 28 Egypt 19.4% compare
- 30 India 17.0% compare
- 31 Bangladesh 17.0% compare
- 32 Mauritania 14.9% compare
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: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Zambia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education in Zambia was 18.4% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 52.5% in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.6% in 1995.
- How does Zambia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education?
- Zambia ranks 29th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education