Qualified primary teachers in Zambia

Name: Qualified primary teachers in Zambia
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Zambia, 98.8% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2017.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education % of primary teachers Data: 1998 to 2017 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for Zambia is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2024.

Zambia, 2017 98.8% % of primary teachers

Change from 2012 +6.1percentage points 2012: 92.7%

Qualified primary teachers in Zambia over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2012 to 2017
Period	Zambia
2017	98.8%
2012	92.7%

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In short

The previous available figure was 92.7% in 2012, a change of +6.1 percentage points.
Since 1998, when it was 89.9%, the figure has changed by +8.8 percentage points.

More for Zambia

All statistics for Zambia

ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 29.1% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 74.3% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 53.0% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 29.1% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 3.5% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 12.4% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 1998 to 2017 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

Zambia by sex

Total 98.8%2017
Women 97.5%2017
Men 100.0%2017

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What this measures

Share of primary school teachers who have at least the minimum academic qualifications required to teach at that level in the country (SDG indicator 4.c.1).

Each country sets its own minimum qualification, so the share is not a measure of the same standard everywhere.

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