Adult literacy rate in Zambia is 63.4%. Male literacy is 70.9%. Female literacy is 56.%. Therefore, male literacy and female literacy differ by 14.9%. Government expenditure on education is 1.3% of GDP. The education index of Zambia is 0.591 - formal education levels in the country are average, but most of the population has a secondary school education at least; higher education is possible and not uncommon. People in Zambia speak the English language.

English language
In Zambia, around 0% of the population or 1,910,000 people speak English. 110,000 of Zambia's population call English their first language. 1,800,000 of Zambia's population use English as either foreign or second language.