Malawi vs WB: Middle Income (july 2025): Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity

Malawi
0.24 GPIA
in 2020
WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
0.85 GPIA
in 2024
Malawi rank
80th
WB: Middle Income (july 2025) rank
77th

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity over time

  • Malawi
  • WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
0.20.40.60.8197519992024

How they compare

WB: Middle Income (july 2025) currently reports 0.85 GPIA against 0.24 GPIA in Malawi, a difference of 0.61 GPIA.

That makes WB: Middle Income (july 2025)'s figure about 3.5 times Malawi's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, WB: Middle Income (july 2025) has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 80th and WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 77th of 84 countries.

WB: Middle Income (july 2025) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi WB: Middle Income (july 2025) Difference Ahead
1980s 0.19 GPIA 0.6 GPIA 0.41 GPIA WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
1990s 0.41 GPIA 0.7 GPIA 0.29 GPIA WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
2010s 0.3892 GPIA 0.81 GPIA 0.4208 GPIA WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
2020s 0.24 GPIA 0.83 GPIA 0.59 GPIA WB: Middle Income (july 2025)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity, Malawi or WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
WB: Middle Income (july 2025), at 0.85 GPIA against 0.24 GPIA in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity between Malawi and WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
0.61 GPIA, with WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
5 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2020.
How do Malawi and WB: Middle Income (july 2025) rank globally for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity?
Malawi ranks 80th and WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 77th of 84 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
284 places, 9,465 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release