School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Zambia
Zambia: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.2375 years in 2012. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Zambia, 1970β2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Zambia is 0.2375 years, measured in 2012.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.6% on the previous year and up 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Zambia peaked at 0.3069 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0333 years, in 1970.
That places Zambia 169th out of 177 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0999 years | 0.0333 years | 0.1684 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.1289 years | 0.1083 years | 0.1541 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.1557 years | 0.1545 years | 0.1569 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2722 years | 0.2375 years | 0.3069 years | 2 |
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More education data for Zambia
- 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 116,859 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.04 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 118.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Zambia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Zambia was 0.2375 years in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3069 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0333 years in 1970.
- How does Zambia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Zambia ranks 169th out of 177 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. 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, male (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.