What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Burkina Faso and Malawi?

112,440 number, with Burkina Faso ahead.

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

45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.

Where does this data come from?

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

Burkina Faso vs Malawi: School age population, tertiary education, female

Burkina Faso

919,524 number

in 2019

Malawi

807,084 number

in 2014

Burkina Faso rank

55th

Malawi rank

58th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

Burkina Faso
Malawi

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 919,524 number against 807,084 number in Malawi, a difference of 112,440 number.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 55th and Malawi ranks 58th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1970s	257,880 number	222,960 number	34,920 number	Burkina Faso
1980s	324,298 number	312,961 number	11,337 number	Burkina Faso
1990s	428,209 number	456,711 number	28,502 number	Malawi
2000s	590,201 number	595,706 number	5,504 number	Malawi
2010s	746,897 number	768,859 number	21,962 number	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Burkina Faso or Malawi?: Burkina Faso, at 919,524 number against 807,084 number in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Burkina Faso and Malawi?: 112,440 number, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Malawi?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.
How do Burkina Faso and Malawi rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?: Burkina Faso ranks 55th and Malawi ranks 58th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary 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, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

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