Malawi vs WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes

Malawi
2.3 years
in 2023
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2.82 years
in 2024
Malawi rank
201st
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank
199th

School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes over time

  • Malawi
  • WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
0.511.522.53197019972024

How they compare

WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 2.82 years against 2.3 years in Malawi, a difference of 0.52 years.

That makes WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1972 it was WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

Malawi ranks 201st and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 199th of 214 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7546 years 0.9187 years 0.1641 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 1.04 years 1.34 years 0.3002 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 1.37 years 1.46 years 0.0877 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 1.88 years 1.86 years 0.0203 years Malawi
2010s 2.28 years 2.56 years 0.2756 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
2020s 2.3 years 2.78 years 0.4835 years WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes, Malawi or WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), at 2.82 years against 2.3 years in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes between Malawi and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.52 years, with WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
50 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2023.
How do Malawi and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, both sexes?
Malawi ranks 201st and WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 199th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
435 places, 16,501 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release