Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Malawi
Malawi: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary was 36.5% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 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
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Malawi is 36.5%, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Malawi peaked at 36.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 1985.
Malawi ranks 48th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.5% | — |
| 1965 | 17.9% | +23.4% |
| 1970 | 18.8% | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 20.0% | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 17.0% | -14.9% |
| 1985 | 13.4% | -21.3% |
| 1990 | 15.7% | +17.3% |
| 1995 | 21.7% | +38.0% |
| 2000 | 28.9% | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 28.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 36.5% | +26.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.2% | 14.5% | 17.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 19.4% | 18.8% | 20.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 15.2% | 13.4% | 17.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 18.7% | 15.7% | 21.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.9% | 28.9% | 28.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 36.5% | 36.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 45 Uganda 37.3% compare
- 46 Zambia 37.0% compare
- 47 New Zealand 36.7% compare
- 49 Luxembourg 34.0% compare
- 50 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 33.5% compare
- 51 Chile 33.3% 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 60-64 with primary in Malawi?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary in Malawi was 36.5% 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 60-64 with primary recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 36.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 1985.
- How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary?
- Malawi ranks 48th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. 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 60-64 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 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)