Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia

Zambia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education was 42.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
42.0%
World rank
54th
of 144 countries
All-time high
83.2%
in 1980
All-time low
42.0%
in 2005
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia, 1960–2010

0204060801960198520101960: 79.61965: 79.61970: 79.51975: 74.71980: 83.21985: 62.41990: 60.51995: 572000: 572005: 422010: 42

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia is 42.0%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 26.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia peaked at 83.2% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 42.0%, in 2005.

That places Zambia 54th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 79.6%
1965 79.6% -0.0%
1970 79.5% -0.2%
1975 74.7% -6.1%
1980 83.2% +11.5%
1985 62.4% -25.0%
1990 60.5% -3.0%
1995 57.0% -5.9%
2000 57.0% +0.0%
2005 42.0% -26.3%
2010 42.0% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 79.6% 79.6% 79.6% 2
1970s 77.1% 74.7% 79.5% 2
1980s 72.8% 62.4% 83.2% 2
1990s 58.8% 57.0% 60.5% 2
2000s 49.5% 42.0% 57.0% 2
2010s 42.0% 42.0% 42.0% 1

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 51 Singapore 45.7% compare
  2. 52 Nicaragua 44.6% compare
  3. 53 Kuwait 42.6% compare
  4. 55 Honduras 40.4% compare
  5. 56 Namibia 40.4% compare
  6. 57 Malaysia 33.4% compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

More reference data data for Zambia

All data for Zambia →

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia was 42.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 83.2% in 1980.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 42.0% in 2005.
How does Zambia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education?
Zambia ranks 54th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with no education rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Zambia data come from?
The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-no-education/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-no-education/zambia/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education in Zambia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education