Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zambia
Zambia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary was 49.0% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zambia stood at 49.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zambia peaked at 55.4% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 29.6%, in 1980.
That places Zambia 14th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 31.2% | — |
| 1965 | 37.0% | +18.7% |
| 1970 | 44.0% | +18.9% |
| 1975 | 37.5% | -14.7% |
| 1980 | 29.6% | -21.1% |
| 1985 | 32.9% | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 32.2% | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 55.4% | +71.8% |
| 2000 | 49.3% | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 48.7% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 49.0% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.1% | 31.2% | 37.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 40.8% | 37.5% | 44.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 31.2% | 29.6% | 32.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 43.8% | 32.2% | 55.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.0% | 48.7% | 49.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 49.0% | 49.0% | 49.0% | 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: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zambia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Zambia was 49.0% 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 25+ with primary recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 55.4% in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.6% in 1980.
- How does Zambia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
- Zambia ranks 14th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)