School age population, primary education, female in Malawi
Malawi: School age population, primary education, female was 1.61 million number in 2020. β² Rising
School age population, primary education, female in Malawi, 1970β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 1.61 million number for school age population, primary education, female in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Malawi peaked at 1.61 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 369,792 number, in 1970.
Malawi ranks 45th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 432,834 number | 369,792 number | 501,069 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 613,147 number | 513,943 number | 745,009 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 864,606 number | 761,094 number | 1.14 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 million number | 969,265 number | 1.23 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million number | 1.23 million number | 1.58 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.61 million number | 1.61 million number | 1.61 million number | 1 |
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More education data for Malawi
- 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 87,834 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.59 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 140.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Malawi?
- School age population, primary education, female in Malawi was 1.61 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 369,792 number in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Malawi ranks 45th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. 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 School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.