Zambia - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Zambia was 78.58 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 102.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 49.03 in 1972.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 49.03
1973 51.47
1974 54.90
1975 56.69
1976 57.44
1977 60.65
1978 66.18
1979 66.07
1980 66.60
1981 68.75
1982 70.68
1983 72.28
1984 74.81
1986 76.83
1998 57.38
1999 54.99
2000 53.62
2002 53.01
2004 64.34
2005 68.16
2006 76.99
2007 80.63
2008 84.82
2009 79.82
2010 102.00
2012 87.91
2013 78.58

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Zambia was 81.37 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 106.90 in 1984, while its lowest value was 64.47 in 2000.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 83.96
1973 84.94
1974 88.88
1975 90.04
1976 90.39
1977 91.75
1978 96.02
1979 94.70
1980 95.80
1981 95.27
1982 97.11
1983 99.38
1984 106.90
1986 100.93
1998 69.99
1999 67.92
2000 64.47
2002 64.77
2004 75.65
2005 94.49
2006 88.76
2007 93.21
2008 97.27
2009 90.70
2010 94.03
2012 88.15
2013 81.37

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Zambia was 79.97 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 98.03 in 2010, while its lowest value was 58.86 in 2002.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1972 66.57
1973 68.28
1974 71.97
1975 73.44
1976 74.00
1977 76.28
1978 81.17
1979 80.45
1980 81.28
1981 82.08
1982 83.97
1983 85.92
1984 90.96
1986 88.96
1998 63.70
1999 61.45
2000 59.03
2002 58.86
2004 69.96
2005 81.24
2006 82.84
2007 86.88
2008 91.01
2009 85.23
2010 98.03
2012 88.03
2013 79.97

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes