School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi

Malawi: School age population, upper secondary education, male was 441,653 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
441,653 number
Change on year
up 6.7%
World rank
69th
of 205 countries
All-time high
449,284 number
in 1998
All-time low
192,346 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi, 1970–2020

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi is 441,653 number, measured in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi peaked at 449,284 number in 1998 and was at its lowest, 192,346 number, in 1970.

Malawi ranks 69th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) in Malawi, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 192,346 number
1971 198,111 number +3.0%
1972 204,838 number +3.4%
1973 211,868 number +3.4%
1974 219,138 number +3.4%
1975 226,776 number +3.5%
1976 233,812 number +3.1%
1977 241,658 number +3.4%
1978 250,066 number +3.5%
1979 258,705 number +3.5%
1980 267,556 number +3.4%
1981 275,017 number +2.8%
1982 282,746 number +2.8%
1983 291,433 number +3.1%
1984 302,180 number +3.7%
1985 315,770 number +4.5%
1986 331,876 number +5.1%
1987 351,529 number +5.9%
1988 372,535 number +6.0%
1989 392,167 number +5.3%
1990 408,802 number +4.2%
1991 417,329 number +2.1%
1992 421,519 number +1.0%
1993 422,349 number +0.2%
1994 421,866 number -0.1%
1995 421,929 number +0.0%
1996 427,314 number +1.3%
1997 212,163 number -50.3%
1998 449,284 number +111.8%
1999 222,762 number -50.4%
2000 231,354 number +3.9%
2001 241,646 number +4.4%
2002 253,173 number +4.8%
2003 265,241 number +4.8%
2004 277,025 number +4.4%
2005 286,793 number +3.5%
2006 293,298 number +2.3%
2007 299,686 number +2.2%
2008 306,919 number +2.4%
2009 315,064 number +2.7%
2010 315,064 number +0.0%
2011 324,581 number +3.0%
2012 333,672 number +2.8%
2013 344,176 number +3.1%
2014 355,556 number +3.3%
2015 367,396 number +3.3%
2016 379,237 number +3.2%
2017 390,764 number +3.0%
2018 402,356 number +3.0%
2019 413,928 number +2.9%
2020 441,653 number +6.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 223,732 number 192,346 number 258,705 number 10
1980s 318,281 number 267,556 number 392,167 number 10
1990s 382,532 number 212,163 number 449,284 number 10
2000s 277,020 number 231,354 number 315,064 number 10
2010s 362,673 number 315,064 number 413,928 number 10
2020s 441,653 number 441,653 number 441,653 number 1

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 468,911 number compare
  2. 67 Haiti 460,824 number compare
  3. 68 Ukraine 443,238 number compare
  4. 70 Guinea 435,788 number compare
  5. 71 Cambodia 435,457 number compare
  6. 72 Romania 407,116 number compare

See the full ranking of 250 places →

More education data for Malawi

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi?
School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi was 441,653 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, upper secondary education, male recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 449,284 number in 1998.
What is the lowest school age population, upper secondary education, male recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 192,346 number in 1970.
How does Malawi rank for school age population, upper secondary education, male?
Malawi ranks 69th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
Is school age population, upper secondary education, male 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, upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-upper-secondary-education-male-number/malawi/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-upper-secondary-education-male-number/malawi/">School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, upper secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
250 places, 12,264 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.