Start month of the academic school year in Zambia
Zambia: Start month of the academic school year was 1 tertiary education in 2022. ▼ Falling
Latest (2022)
1 tertiary education
World rank
174th
of 206 countries
All-time high
2 tertiary education
in 1997
All-time low
1 tertiary education
in 2004
Years of data
19
1997–2022
Start month of the academic school year in Zambia, 1997–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in tertiary education.
Analysis
In 2022, start month of the academic school year in Zambia stood at 1 tertiary education. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, start month of the academic school year in Zambia peaked at 2 tertiary education in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1 tertiary education, in 2004.
Zambia ranks 174th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Start month of the academic school year in Zambia, year by year
| Year | tertiary education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 tertiary education | — |
| 1998 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 tertiary education | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 2 tertiary education | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 tertiary education | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 1 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 tertiary education | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 tertiary education | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 tertiary education | 2 tertiary education | 2 tertiary education | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.9 tertiary education | 1 tertiary education | 2 tertiary education | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2 tertiary education | 1 tertiary education | 2 tertiary education | 5 |
| 2020s | 1 tertiary education | 1 tertiary education | 1 tertiary education | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 174 Australia 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Colombia 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Costa Rica 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Dominican Republic 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Ecuador 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Guatemala 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Honduras 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Iraq 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Kenya 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Cambodia 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Kiribati 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Lebanon 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Sri Lanka 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Maldives 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Montenegro 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Malaysia 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Namibia 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Nicaragua 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Nauru 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 New Zealand 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Papua New Guinea 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Paraguay 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Palestine 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Solomon Islands 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 El Salvador 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Eswatini 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Seychelles 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 East Timor 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Tonga 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Samoa 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 South Africa 1 tertiary education compare
- 174 Zimbabwe 1 tertiary education compare
More education data for Zambia
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.1079 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.19 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.41 % change on previous year (2017)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.1027 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 7.67 % change on previous year (1988)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 116,859 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 5.61 % change on previous year (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is start month of the academic school year in Zambia?
- Start month of the academic school year in Zambia was 1 tertiary education in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest start month of the academic school year recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2 tertiary education in 1997.
- What is the lowest start month of the academic school year recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 tertiary education in 2004.
- How does Zambia rank for start month of the academic school year?
- Zambia ranks 174th out of 206 countries with data for 2022.
- Is start month of the academic school year rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Start month of the academic school year (tertiary education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release