Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Malawi
Malawi: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary was 41.7% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 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
Malawi recorded 41.7% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Malawi peaked at 41.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 1960.
That places Malawi 28th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 18.2% | — |
| 1965 | 18.2% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 22.9% | +25.8% |
| 1975 | 25.0% | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 26.6% | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 21.3% | -20.1% |
| 1990 | 29.0% | +36.3% |
| 1995 | 33.5% | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 36.5% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 41.7% | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 41.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.2% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 23.9% | 22.9% | 25.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 24.0% | 21.3% | 26.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 31.3% | 29.0% | 33.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.1% | 36.5% | 41.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 41.7% | 41.7% | 41.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 45-49 with primary in Malawi?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary in Malawi was 41.7% 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 45-49 with primary recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 41.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 1960.
- How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary?
- Malawi ranks 28th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 45-49 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 45-49 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)