Primary completion rate, male in Malawi
Malawi: Primary completion rate, male was 65.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Malawi, 1974–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, male in Malawi stood at 65.8%.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Malawi peaked at 81.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28.7%, in 1974.
Malawi ranks 169th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 28.7% | — |
| 1975 | 30.9% | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 34.5% | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 40.7% | +17.7% |
| 1978 | 40.5% | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 43.1% | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 43.1% | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 45.6% | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 47.4% | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 42.6% | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 40.0% | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 40.9% | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 39.7% | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 40.3% | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 33.4% | -17.0% |
| 1989 | 34.2% | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 35.6% | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 37.3% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 38.5% | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 40.0% | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 42.2% | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 58.1% | +37.7% |
| 1996 | 68.3% | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 71.0% | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 68.9% | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 68.9% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 73.6% | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 63.4% | -13.9% |
| 2005 | 62.9% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 62.0% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 62.6% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 68.2% | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 67.9% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 65.5% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 70.0% | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 74.2% | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 81.0% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 77.7% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 73.0% | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 63.9% | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 65.8% | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 36.4% | 28.7% | 43.1% | 6 |
| 1980s | 40.7% | 33.4% | 47.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.9% | 35.6% | 71.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 66.5% | 62.0% | 73.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.6% | 65.5% | 81.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 70.3% | 63.9% | 81.3% | 3 |
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More education data for Malawi
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Malawi?
- Primary completion rate, male in Malawi was 65.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 81.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.7% in 1974.
- How does Malawi rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Malawi ranks 169th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.