Lower secondary completion in Zambia
In Zambia, 53.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Zambia, 2024
53.0%
Change from 2018
+2.0percentage points
Lower secondary completion in Zambia over time
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zambia |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.0% |
| 2018 | 51.0% |
| 2013 | 51.5% |
| 2010 | 43.5% |
| 2007 | 38.3% |
| 2001 | 31.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 51.0% in 2018, a change of +2.0 percentage points.
- Since 1999, when it was 35.1%, the figure has changed by +17.9 percentage points.