Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Malawi
Malawi: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female was 0.55 in 2010. ◆ Volatile
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Malawi, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Malawi stood at 0.55. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 161.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Malawi peaked at 0.55 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.01, in 1960.
Malawi ranks 137th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.01 | — |
| 1965 | 0.01 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.04 | +300.0% |
| 1975 | 0.07 | +75.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1 | +42.9% |
| 1985 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.13 | +30.0% |
| 1995 | 0.15 | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 0.21 | +40.0% |
| 2005 | 0.39 | +85.7% |
| 2010 | 0.55 | +41.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.055 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 134 Mali 0.64 compare
- 135 Afghanistan 0.63 compare
- 136 Mauritania 0.6 compare
- 138 Papua New Guinea 0.52 compare
- 138 Sudan 0.52 compare
- 138 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.52 compare
More education data for Malawi
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.16 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.83 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 87,834 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 594,322 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 6.48 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 566,616 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 5.16 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 94,991 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 16.86 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Malawi?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female in Malawi was 0.55 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.55 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 in 1960.
- How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female?
- Malawi ranks 137th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 161.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 secondary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Average years of secondary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females over age 15.