Ethiopia vs Malawi: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female

Ethiopia
40.9%
in 2017
Malawi
40.1%
in 2019
Ethiopia rank
180th
Malawi rank
181st

Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 40.9% against 40.1% in Malawi, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Malawi ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 180th and Malawi ranks 181st of 188 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 12.3% 37.9% 25.6% Malawi
2000s 25.4% 34.1% 8.7% Malawi
2010s 41.6% 44.0% 2.4% Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female, Ethiopia or Malawi?
Ethiopia, at 40.9% against 40.1% in Malawi as of 2017.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female between Ethiopia and Malawi?
0.8%, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Malawi?
16 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
How do Ethiopia and Malawi rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female?
Ethiopia ranks 180th and Malawi ranks 181st of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,599 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.