What is the difference in school age population, primary education, female between Malawi and Zimbabwe?

135,680 number, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?

51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Zimbabwe: School age population, primary education, female

Malawi

1.61 million number

in 2020

Zimbabwe

1.47 million number

in 2020

Malawi rank

45th

Zimbabwe rank

48th

School age population, primary education, female over time

Malawi
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1.61 million number against 1.47 million number in Zimbabwe, a difference of 135,680 number.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Malawi ranks 45th and Zimbabwe ranks 48th of 206 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	432,834 number	620,082 number	187,247 number	Zimbabwe
1980s	613,147 number	897,122 number	283,975 number	Zimbabwe
1990s	864,606 number	1.13 million number	267,409 number	Zimbabwe
2000s	1.09 million number	1.13 million number	43,058 number	Zimbabwe
2010s	1.41 million number	1.27 million number	134,816 number	Malawi
2020s	1.61 million number	1.47 million number	135,680 number	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, primary education, female, Malawi or Zimbabwe?: Malawi, at 1.61 million number against 1.47 million number in Zimbabwe as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, female between Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 135,680 number, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Malawi and Zimbabwe rank globally for school age population, primary education, female?: Malawi ranks 45th and Zimbabwe ranks 48th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.