Adult literacy rate, men in Zambia
Adult literacy rate, men in Zambia was 80.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 6.5 pts from 2023. That is the 41st highest of 58 countries in 2019.
Adult literacy rate, men in Zambia, 1990 to 2024
All 11 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.6 |
| 2023 | 87.1 |
| 2022 | 86 |
| 2021 | 85.8 |
| 2020 | 87.3 |
| 2019 | 86.4 |
| 2018 | 81.7 |
| 2010 | 88.7 |
| 2002 | 80.9 |
| 1999 | 76.3 |
| 1990 | 73 |
Rankings
Definition
Men aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of men aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.
How to cite
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Citation styles
APA 7
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS) (Adult literacy rate, men, Zambia, 1990 to 2024) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS
MLA 9
Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS), Adult literacy rate, men, Zambia, 1990 to 2024. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/zambia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Adult literacy rate, men, Zambia, 1990 to 2024. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/zambia.
Harvard
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS), Adult literacy rate, men, Zambia, 1990 to 2024 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/zambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{unesco_adult_literacy_rate_men_2024,
author = {{UNESCO Institute for Statistics}},
title = {{Literacy rate, adult male, \% of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS): Adult literacy rate, men, Zambia, 1990 to 2024}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Retrieved through World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-men/zambia. Publisher attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult male, \% of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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What is the adult literacy rate, men in Zambia?
Adult literacy rate, men in Zambia was 80.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 6.5 pts from 2023. That is the 41st highest of 58 countries in 2019.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult male, % of males ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate, men in Zambia?
88.7% in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.