School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Zambia
Zambia: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.1751 years in 2012. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Zambia, 1970–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 0.1751 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2012. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 54.6% on the previous year and up 143.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Zambia peaked at 0.1751 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.006 years, in 1970.
Zambia ranks 166th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0234 years | 0.006 years | 0.0338 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.0433 years | 0.0284 years | 0.058 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.0725 years | 0.0719 years | 0.073 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.1442 years | 0.1133 years | 0.1751 years | 2 |
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More education data for Zambia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 116,859 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.04 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 118.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Zambia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Zambia was 0.1751 years in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1751 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.006 years in 1970.
- How does Zambia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Zambia ranks 166th out of 177 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 143.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (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.