Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malawi
Malawi: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total was 4.05 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malawi, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malawi is 4.05, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malawi peaked at 5.14 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.63, in 1960.
That places Malawi 104th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.63 | — |
| 1965 | 1.82 | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 2.41 | +32.4% |
| 1975 | 3.04 | +26.1% |
| 1980 | 3.48 | +14.5% |
| 1985 | 3.78 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 3.53 | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 3.25 | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 4.07 | +25.2% |
| 2005 | 5.14 | +26.3% |
| 2010 | 4.05 | -21.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.73 | 1.63 | 1.82 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.73 | 2.41 | 3.04 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.63 | 3.48 | 3.78 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.39 | 3.25 | 3.53 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.61 | 4.07 | 5.14 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.05 | 4.05 | 4.05 | 1 |
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- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 87,834 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malawi?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malawi was 4.05 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 5.14 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.63 in 1960.
- How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Malawi ranks 104th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 15-19.