Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female in Malawi
Malawi: Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female was 17.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female in Malawi, 2004–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 17.4% for completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female in 2020. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 81.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female in Malawi peaked at 17.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2004.
That places Malawi 35th out of 38 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6.3% | — |
| 2010 | 9.6% | +51.3% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 17.4% | +64.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 9.6% | 10.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 17.4% | 17.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 32 Sierra Leone 32.9% compare
- 33 Senegal 28.5% compare
- 34 Burkina Faso 20.1% compare
- 36 Mali 12.3% compare
- 37 Benin 12.2% compare
- 38 Mozambique 6.0% compare
More education data for Malawi
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 87,834 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female in Malawi?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female in Malawi was 17.4% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 17.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2004.
- How does Malawi rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female?
- Malawi ranks 35th out of 38 countries with data for 2020.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release