Adult literacy rate, women in Zambia
Adult literacy rate, women in Zambia was 64.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Adult literacy rate, women in Zambia, 1990 to 2024
All 8 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.4 |
| 2022 | 74.2 |
| 2021 | 74.5 |
| 2018 | 62.2 |
| 2010 | 78.1 |
| 2002 | 61.8 |
| 1999 | 59.8 |
| 1990 | 57.4 |
Rankings
Definition
Women aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of women 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 female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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What is the adult literacy rate, women in Zambia?
Adult literacy rate, women in Zambia was 64.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate, women in Zambia?
78.1% in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.