Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi
Malawi: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.3335 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi stood at 0.3335 GPIA.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi peaked at 0.3432 GPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.2079 GPIA, in 1998.
Malawi ranks 100th of 107 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2079 GPIA | 0.2079 GPIA | 0.2079 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2498 GPIA | 0.2498 GPIA | 0.2498 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.31 GPIA | 0.2727 GPIA | 0.3432 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.3335 GPIA | 0.3335 GPIA | 0.3335 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 97 Mozambique, Republic of 0.4491 GPIA compare
- 98 Türkiye 0.415 GPIA compare
- 99 Pakistan 0.3951 GPIA compare
- 101 Burkina Faso 0.329 GPIA compare
- 102 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.32 GPIA compare
- 103 Togo 0.316 GPIA compare
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 0.3335 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 0.3432 GPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2079 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Malawi rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Malawi ranks 100th 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 11.9%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release