Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi
Malawi: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.2106 LPIA in 2020. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi, 1998β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.2106 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2020.
The figure is up 11.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi peaked at 0.2753 LPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.13 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Malawi 98th out of 105 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.13 LPIA | 0.13 LPIA | 0.13 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.1614 LPIA | 0.1614 LPIA | 0.1614 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.2088 LPIA | 0.1667 LPIA | 0.2753 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.2106 LPIA | 0.2106 LPIA | 0.2106 LPIA | 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 0.2106 LPIA 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 0.2753 LPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.13 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Malawi rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Malawi ranks 98th out of 105 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 2.7%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release