Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi
Malawi: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.6397 GPIA in 2020. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi, 1998β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.6397 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2020.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi peaked at 0.6589 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.498 GPIA, in 1998.
Malawi ranks 98th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.498 GPIA | 0.498 GPIA | 0.498 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5805 GPIA | 0.5805 GPIA | 0.5805 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.6076 GPIA | 0.5636 GPIA | 0.6589 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.6397 GPIA | 0.6397 GPIA | 0.6397 GPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Malawi
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 139.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0041 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi was 0.6397 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6589 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.498 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Malawi rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Malawi ranks 98th out of 107 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release