Years of schooling in Zambia

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133. Honduras 7.5
134. Algeria 7.4
135. Maldives 7.4
136. Zambia 7.4
137. Dem. Rep. Congo 7.4
138. Micronesia 7.3
139. El Salvador 7.3

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About the data

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.

Unit

years

Years

1990–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Our World in Data

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Our World in Data; UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0