Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Zambia
Zambia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education was 10.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Zambia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Zambia stood at 10.9%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 46.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Zambia peaked at 58.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 2010.
Zambia ranks 54th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 58.8% | — |
| 1965 | 58.8% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 46.3% | -21.3% |
| 1975 | 54.1% | +16.9% |
| 1980 | 38.2% | -29.4% |
| 1985 | 48.3% | +26.4% |
| 1990 | 30.1% | -37.6% |
| 1995 | 20.5% | -32.0% |
| 2000 | 20.5% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 20.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | -46.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58.8% | 58.8% | 58.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 50.2% | 46.3% | 54.1% | 2 |
| 1980s | 43.2% | 38.2% | 48.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 25.3% | 20.5% | 30.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 20.5% | 20.5% | 20.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 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 population age 40-44 with no education in Zambia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education in Zambia was 10.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 58.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education?
- Zambia ranks 54th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 40-44 with no education rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.8%. 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 population age 40-44 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education