Malawi vs Upper middle income: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Malawi
18.6%
in 2019
Upper middle income
8.0%
in 2019
Malawi rank
32nd
Upper middle income rank
31st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Malawi
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 18.6% against 8.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 10.6%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 2.3 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Malawi ranks 32nd and Upper middle income ranks 31st of 150 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.7% | 16.6% | 8.8% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 21.9% | 9.9% | 12.1% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 18.9% | 7.7% | 11.2% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Malawi or Upper middle income?
- Malawi, at 18.6% against 8.0% in Upper middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Malawi and Upper middle income?
- 10.6%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Upper middle income?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
- How do Malawi and Upper middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Malawi ranks 32nd and Upper middle income ranks 31st of 150 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official lower secondary school age.