School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) in Malawi
Malawi: School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) was 441,653 number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malawi, 1970–2020
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 (number) in Malawi, year by year
| 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% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 441,653 number is below the median for low income countries, which is 585,887 number, 75% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 441,653 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 438,720 number, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +111.8% | 212,163 number | 449,284 number |
| 1999 | -50.4% | 449,284 number | 222,762 number |
| 1997 | -50.3% | 427,314 number | 212,163 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More education data for Malawi
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.49 (2007)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.57 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,528 (2019)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.25 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.16 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.75 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.2193 units per person (2024)
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.
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About this data
Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.