Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female in Malawi
Malawi: Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female was 19.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female in Malawi, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 19.3% for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female in 2019.
The figure is down 11.6% on the previous year and up 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female in Malawi peaked at 42.3% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2002.
That places Malawi 176th out of 182 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 42.3% | — |
| 1998 | 16.1% | -62.0% |
| 1999 | 13.9% | -13.8% |
| 2000 | 11.1% | -19.6% |
| 2001 | 12.1% | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 10.3% | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 10.3% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 12.1% | +17.8% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 13.5% | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 15.6% | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | +21.5% |
| 2014 | 20.7% | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 19.9% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 18.1% | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | +20.6% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | -11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.1% | 13.9% | 42.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 10.3% | 13.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 13.5% | 21.9% | 10 |
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More education data for Malawi
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female in Malawi?
- Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female in Malawi was 19.3% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 42.3% in 1997.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2002.
- How does Malawi rank for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female?
- Malawi ranks 176th out of 182 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.6%. 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 Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total female enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official upper secondary education age.