What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Malawi and Sri Lanka?

17,781 number, with Malawi ahead.

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

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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Sri Lanka: School age population, tertiary education, male

Malawi

787,389 number

in 2014

Sri Lanka

769,608 number

in 2019

Malawi rank

60th

Sri Lanka rank

62nd

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Malawi
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 787,389 number against 769,608 number in Sri Lanka, a difference of 17,781 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Malawi ranks 60th and Sri Lanka ranks 62nd of 203 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	232,131 number	694,526 number	462,395 number	Sri Lanka
1980s	321,199 number	817,228 number	496,030 number	Sri Lanka
1990s	453,412 number	869,481 number	416,069 number	Sri Lanka
2000s	581,678 number	871,263 number	289,584 number	Sri Lanka
2010s	746,914 number	781,670 number	34,757 number	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Malawi or Sri Lanka?: Malawi, at 787,389 number against 769,608 number in Sri Lanka as of 2014.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 17,781 number, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.
How do Malawi and Sri Lanka rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Malawi ranks 60th and Sri Lanka ranks 62nd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (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, male (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: 21 August 2026

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