Upper secondary completion in Zambia

In Zambia, 29.1% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Zambia, 2024 29.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2018 +0.9percentage points 2018: 28.2%

Upper 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.

Completion rate, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2024
Period Zambia
2024 29.1%
2018 28.2%
2013 28.5%
2010 23.9%
2007 20.9%
2001 16.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 28.2% in 2018, a change of +0.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1999, when it was 15.2%, the figure has changed by +13.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2024 for Zambia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org