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Zambia: Primary completion rate, male

83.92percent · 2013+27.0% since 2002

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Annual figures for Zambia from 1972 to 2013.

19722013

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201383.919
201290.162
201192.702
201095.174
200991.299
200897.799
200793.846
200689.691
200595.515
200476.514
200266.088
200066.451
199970.246
199872.884
1986102.787
1984108.098
1983100.488
198297.622
198195.733
198096.54
197995.676
197897.395
197793.522
197692.739
197592.281
197490.243
197385.792
197284.499

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World Bank (2026). Primary completion rate, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-completion-rate-male (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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