Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Malawi
Malawi: Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA was 0.2027 LPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
0.2027 LPIA
Change on year
down 5.1%
World rank
88th
of 95 countries
All-time high
0.2135 LPIA
in 2017
All-time low
0.0944 LPIA
in 1998
Years of data
6
1998–2020
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malawi, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malawi stood at 0.2027 LPIA.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malawi peaked at 0.2135 LPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0944 LPIA, in 1998.
Malawi ranks 88th of 95 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Malawi, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.0944 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.1562 LPIA | +65.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2015 LPIA | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 0.157 LPIA | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2135 LPIA | +36.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2027 LPIA | -5.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.2027 LPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1836 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.2027 LPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2328 LPIA, 87% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0944 LPIA | 0.0944 LPIA | 0.0944 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.1562 LPIA | 0.1562 LPIA | 0.1562 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.1907 LPIA | 0.157 LPIA | 0.2135 LPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.2027 LPIA | 0.2027 LPIA | 0.2027 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More education data for Malawi
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.49 (2007)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.57 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malawi?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malawi was 0.2027 LPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2135 LPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0944 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Malawi rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Malawi ranks 88th out of 95 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release