Zambia
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
34% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
3,564,788 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
2,188,961 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
31%
Source: UNSDG, 2014
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
120
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
36%
Source: DHS, 2018
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
58%
Source: DHS, 2018
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
7
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
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Female 73%
-
Male 71%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 48%
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Male 54%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 26%
-
Male 32%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 13%
-
Male 18%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school
-
Female 28%
-
Male 20%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school
-
Female 62%
-
Male 45%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Programs Back to Top
Research Project/Report/Study
Adolescent Girls' Empowerment Program
Project/Program
Adolescent Girls' Programming Community of Practice
Research Project/Report/Study
Bicycles as a Conditional Asset Transfer to Boost Rural Girls’ Education Outcomes and Empowerment
Project/Program
CAMFED Association
Project/Program
Clean Water Wells
Project/Program
Community Grants Program
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Project/Program
EMPOWER: Increasing Economic And Social Empowerment For Adolescent Girls And Vulnerable Women In Zambia
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education and Training
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Enough
Project/Program
Food for Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Project/Program
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girl Child Education Fund
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Girls' Education Challenge Transition (GEC-T)
Project/Program
Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education and Women's Empowerment and Livelihood Project
Research Project/Report/Study
GirlsRead! Zambia
Project/Program
Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Project/Program
Grassroot Soccer Curriculum
Project/Program
Leading Community Action for Vulnerable Girls: Young African women at the forefront of COVID-19
Research Project/Report/Study
Saving During Pregnancy in Zambia
Project/Program
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Project/Program
Secondary School Bursaries
Project/Program
Supporting Early Childhood Development Systems - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
Research Project/Report/Study
Tackling School-Related Gender-Based Violence
Project/Program
Technology to Enhance Access to Education & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - Zambia
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Project/Program
Youth Enterprise
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth Think Tank
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Zambia Rises to Meet the Education Challenges Posed by the Coronavirus