What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi?

8.04 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi?

14 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Malawi: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

8.38 million number

in 2019

Malawi

341,691 number

in 2019

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank

22nd

Malawi rank

19th

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes over time

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Malawi

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 8.38 million number against 341,691 number in Malawi, a difference of 8.04 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 24.5 times Malawi's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Malawi ranks 19th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1990s	24.67 million number	80,352 number	24.59 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s	14.00 million number	283,277 number	13.72 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s	8.24 million number	315,116 number	7.92 million number	East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Malawi?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 8.38 million number against 341,691 number in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi?: 8.04 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi?: 14 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi rank globally for out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes?: East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 22nd and Malawi ranks 19th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 3,686 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total number of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in lower secondary education.