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Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Zambia

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Zambia was 4% in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is unchanged from 2011.

20124%
Change on 2011-0 pts
Series high42011
Series low0.41970

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Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Zambia, 1970 to 2012

0123419701976197919831987199020121970: 0.4 %1974: 1.1 %1975: 2 %1976: 2 %1977: 1.5 %1978: 1.5 %1979: 1.5 %1981: 1.4 %1982: 1.5 %1983: 1.5 %1984: 1.5 %1986: 2.2 %1987: 2 %1988: 2.2 %1989: 2 %1990: 2.1 %1998: 2.4 %1999: 2.4 %2011: 4 %2012: 4 %012341970198120121970: 0.4 %1974: 1.1 %1975: 2 %1976: 2 %1977: 1.5 %1978: 1.5 %1979: 1.5 %1981: 1.4 %1982: 1.5 %1983: 1.5 %1984: 1.5 %1986: 2.2 %1987: 2 %1988: 2.2 %1989: 2 %1990: 2.1 %1998: 2.4 %1999: 2.4 %2011: 4 %2012: 4 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 20 values
Period%
20124
20114
19992.4
19982.4
19902.1
19892
19882.2
19872
19862.2
19841.5
19831.5
19821.5
19811.4
19791.5
19781.5
19771.5
19762
19752
19741.1
19700.4

Zambia compared with nearby places

Antigua and Barbuda: 25.1 %Albania: 58.6 %Armenia: 44.5 %Argentina: 78.1 %Austria: 79.5 %Azerbaijan: 20.4 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 44.7 %Bangladesh: 13.4 %Belgium: 69.7 %Burkina Faso: 4.3 %Bulgaria: 62.2 %Burundi: 2.9 %Benin: 12.9 %Brunei: 22.1 %Brazil: 43.8 %Bhutan: 7.6 %Botswana: 21.7 %Belarus: 93.5 %Belize: 24 %Canada: 63.6 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 7.6 %Central African Republic: 2.8 %Republic of the Congo: 9.1 %Switzerland: 54.8 %Chile: 75.1 %Cameroon: 13.5 %China: 29.3 %Colombia: 47.5 %Costa Rica: 46.7 %Cuba: 61.4 %Cape Verde: 19.9 %Cyprus: 45.9 %Czechia: 66.9 %Denmark: 77.7 %Dominican Republic: 48.6 %Algeria: 33.6 %Ecuador: 39.3 %Estonia: 72.9 %Egypt: 26.2 %Spain: 82.9 %Ethiopia: 7.6 %Finland: 91.6 %France: 57.9 %United Kingdom: 59.2 %Georgia: 33.6 %Ghana: 11.5 %Gambia: 1.2 %Guinea: 10 %Greece: 110.1 %Guatemala: 16.9 %Guyana: 11.7 %Hong Kong: 61 %Honduras: 18.9 %Croatia: 62 %Hungary: 60.7 %Indonesia: 29 %Ireland: 68.2 %Israel: 64.2 %India: 24.9 %Iran: 53.9 %Iceland: 79.6 %Italy: 62.3 %Jamaica: 27.1 %Jordan: 43.9 %Kyrgyzstan: 45.2 %South Korea: 98.3 %Kazakhstan: 52.2 %Laos: 17.3 %Lebanon: 44.9 %Sri Lanka: 16.3 %Liberia: 10.8 %Lesotho: 10.9 %Lithuania: 79.8 %Luxembourg: 19.1 %Latvia: 66.6 %Morocco: 19 %Moldova: 40.1 %Montenegro: 60.3 %Madagascar: 4 %North Macedonia: 39.8 %Mali: 6.4 %Myanmar: 13.7 %Mongolia: 61.3 %Mauritania: 5.5 %Mauritius: 40.4 %Malawi: 0.8 %Mexico: 29.3 %Malaysia: 36.8 %Mozambique: 5.2 %Namibia: 16.9 %Niger: 1.5 %Netherlands: 75.8 %Norway: 71.7 %Panama: 43.7 %Philippines: 29.6 %Pakistan: 8.3 %Poland: 75 %Puerto Rico: 94 %Palestine: 47 %Qatar: 12.3 %Romania: 55 %Serbia: 53.5 %Russia: 80.5 %Rwanda: 6.7 %Saudi Arabia: 36 %Sudan: 14.8 %Sweden: 68.7 %Singapore: 102 %Slovenia: 89 %Slovakia: 57 %Senegal: 10.3 %El Salvador: 28.1 %Syria: 28.8 %Togo: 10.7 %Thailand: 50.7 %Tajikistan: 22.7 %Tunisia: 36.1 %Türkiye: 70.1 %Tanzania: 4 %Ukraine: 83.9 %Uganda: 3.7 %Uruguay: 54.7 %Uzbekistan: 7.8 %Vietnam: 25.7 %South Africa: 17.9 %Zambia: 4 %Zimbabwe: 7.1 %
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Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, 2012, %. Zambia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Students enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8), of any age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group that follows the official secondary school leaving age. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

A gross ratio: students outside the reference ages and students from abroad are counted, so it can exceed 100%. It counts students, not graduates; for degree holders in the United States see bachelors_degree_share.

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. 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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APA 7

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) (Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, Zambia, 1970 to 2012) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR

MLA 9

School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR), Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, Zambia, 1970 to 2012. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/zambia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, Zambia, 1970 to 2012. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/zambia.

Harvard

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR), Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, Zambia, 1970 to 2012 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/zambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{unesco_tertiary_education_gross_enrolment_2012,
  author = {{UNESCO Institute for Statistics}},
  title = {{School enrollment, tertiary, \% gross (SE.TER.ENRR): Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio, Zambia, 1970 to 2012}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Retrieved through World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-enrolment-ratio/zambia. Publisher attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, \% gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. 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 tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Zambia?

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Zambia was 4% in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is unchanged from 2011.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Zambia?

4% in 2011, the highest value since 1970 in this series.

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