School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zambia
Zambia: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes was 0.2058 years in 2012. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zambia, 1970β2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 0.2058 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in 2012.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 81.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zambia peaked at 0.2084 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0198 years, in 1970.
Zambia ranks 172nd of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0708 years | 0.0198 years | 0.0982 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.0867 years | 0.0684 years | 0.1092 years | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.1104 years | 0.1027 years | 0.1151 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.2071 years | 0.2058 years | 0.2084 years | 2 |
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More education data for Zambia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 116,859 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 115.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0055 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zambia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes in Zambia was 0.2058 years in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2084 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0198 years in 1970.
- How does Zambia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
- Zambia ranks 172nd out of 183 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.