Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Malawi
Malawi: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary was 73.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Malawi, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Malawi stood at 73.9%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Malawi peaked at 73.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 25.7%, in 1960.
That places Malawi 2nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 25.7% | — |
| 1965 | 35.3% | +37.4% |
| 1970 | 39.0% | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 42.3% | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 35.0% | -17.2% |
| 1985 | 44.4% | +26.8% |
| 1990 | 52.0% | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 51.1% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 56.8% | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 68.9% | +21.3% |
| 2010 | 73.9% | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.5% | 25.7% | 35.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 40.6% | 39.0% | 42.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 39.7% | 35.0% | 44.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 51.6% | 51.1% | 52.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 62.9% | 56.8% | 68.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 73.9% | 73.9% | 73.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 Tanzania, United Republic of 74.6% compare
- 3 New Zealand 65.6% compare
- 4 Mauritania 64.8% compare
- 5 Uganda 62.7% 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 20-24 with primary in Malawi?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Malawi was 73.9% 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 20-24 with primary recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 73.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.7% in 1960.
- How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary?
- Malawi ranks 2nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. 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: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)