Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Malawi
Malawi: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 23.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Malawi, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 23.6% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Malawi peaked at 74.0% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 23.6%, in 2010.
Malawi ranks 40th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 74.0% | — |
| 1965 | 72.6% | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 64.5% | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 61.7% | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 64.3% | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 63.5% | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 57.0% | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 52.7% | -7.6% |
| 2000 | 44.6% | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 31.8% | -28.8% |
| 2010 | 23.6% | -25.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73.3% | 72.6% | 74.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 63.1% | 61.7% | 64.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 63.9% | 63.5% | 64.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 54.8% | 52.7% | 57.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 31.8% | 44.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 23.6% | 23.6% | 23.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 37 Cameroon 25.9% compare
- 38 Libya 24.2% compare
- 39 Myanmar 23.7% compare
- 41 Syrian Arab Republic 23.4% compare
- 42 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.4% compare
- 43 Brunei Darussalam 22.2% compare
More education data for Malawi
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,528 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.25 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.16 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.75 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.2193 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Malawi?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Malawi was 23.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 74.0% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.6% in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Malawi ranks 40th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education