Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Malawi
Malawi: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.2732 LPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
0.2732 LPIA
Change on year
up 16.1%
World rank
95th
of 105 countries
All-time high
0.3473 LPIA
in 2013
All-time low
0.1734 LPIA
in 1998
Years of data
7
1998–2020
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.2732 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi peaked at 0.3473 LPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.1734 LPIA, in 1998.
Malawi ranks 95th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Malawi, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.1734 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.2166 LPIA | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2555 LPIA | +18.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3473 LPIA | +35.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2313 LPIA | -33.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2354 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2732 LPIA | +16.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.2732 LPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2191 LPIA, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.2732 LPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2678 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1734 LPIA | 0.1734 LPIA | 0.1734 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2166 LPIA | 0.2166 LPIA | 0.2166 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.2674 LPIA | 0.2313 LPIA | 0.3473 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.2732 LPIA | 0.2732 LPIA | 0.2732 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 upper secondary education or in Malawi?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malawi was 0.2732 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 0.3473 LPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1734 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Malawi rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Malawi ranks 95th 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 6.9%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release