School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Malawi
Malawi: School age population, secondary education, both sexes was 2.86 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
2.86 million number
Change on year
up 7.0%
World rank
47th
of 205 countries
All-time high
2.86 million number
in 2020
All-time low
587,834 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Malawi, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 2.86 million number for school age population, secondary education, both sexes in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.0% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, both sexes in Malawi peaked at 2.86 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 587,834 number, in 1970.
Malawi ranks 47th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Malawi, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 587,834 number | — |
| 1971 | 606,192 number | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 626,358 number | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 647,861 number | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 670,955 number | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 695,112 number | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 717,224 number | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 741,472 number | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 767,788 number | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 795,445 number | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 823,507 number | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 846,455 number | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 869,468 number | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 895,956 number | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 929,874 number | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 972,982 number | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 1.03 million number | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 1.09 million number | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 1.16 million number | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 1.22 million number | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 1.27 million number | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 1.29 million number | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 1.30 million number | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.30 million number | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.30 million number | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.30 million number | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 1.33 million number | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 876,604 number | -34.1% |
| 1998 | 1.42 million number | +62.3% |
| 1999 | 1.49 million number | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 1.56 million number | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 1.62 million number | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1.68 million number | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 1.74 million number | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.79 million number | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1.84 million number | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.88 million number | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1.93 million number | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 1.98 million number | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.04 million number | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 2.04 million number | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.10 million number | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2.16 million number | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 2.22 million number | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.29 million number | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 2.36 million number | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 2.43 million number | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 2.50 million number | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 2.58 million number | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 2.67 million number | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 2.86 million number | +7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 685,624 number | 587,834 number | 795,445 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 982,500 number | 823,507 number | 1.22 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.29 million number | 876,604 number | 1.49 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.81 million number | 1.56 million number | 2.04 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.33 million number | 2.04 million number | 2.67 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.86 million number | 2.86 million number | 2.86 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 44 Morocco 3.62 million number compare
- 45 Burkina Faso 3.36 million number compare
- 46 Malaysia 3.05 million number compare
- 48 Republic of Korea 2.84 million number compare
- 49 Saudi Arabia 2.84 million number compare
- 50 Ukraine 2.83 million number compare
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 school age population, secondary education, both sexes in Malawi?
- School age population, secondary education, both sexes in Malawi was 2.86 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, both sexes recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2.86 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, both sexes recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 587,834 number in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for school age population, secondary education, both sexes?
- Malawi ranks 47th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.2%. 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, secondary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.