School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi

Malawi: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index was 0.6959 GPI in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.6959 GPI
Change on year
up 6.4%
World rank
165th
of 187 countries
All-time high
1.13 GPI
in 2015
All-time low
0.2069 GPI
in 1989
Years of data
33
1980–2022

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi, 1980–2022

0.20.40.60.811.21980200120221980: 0.321 GPI1981: 0.338 GPI1982: 0.281 GPI1983: 0.275 GPI1984: 0.247 GPI1985: 0.248 GPI1986: 0.254 GPI1987: 0.285 GPI1988: 0.267 GPI1989: 0.207 GPI1990: 0.302 GPI1991: 0.305 GPI1992: 0.318 GPI1993: 0.285 GPI1994: 0.339 GPI1995: 0.393 GPI1996: 0.413 GPI1999: 0.373 GPI2000: 0.369 GPI2002: 0.387 GPI2004: 0.496 GPI2005: 0.489 GPI2006: 0.447 GPI2007: 0.444 GPI2010: 0.566 GPI2011: 0.625 GPI2012: 0.64 GPI2014: 0.764 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI2018: 0.586 GPI2020: 0.633 GPI2021: 0.654 GPI2022: 0.696 GPI

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi is 0.6959 GPI, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 1.13 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2069 GPI, in 1989.

Malawi ranks 165th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Malawi, 1980 to 2022.
Year GPI Change
1980 0.3212 GPI
1981 0.3384 GPI +5.4%
1982 0.2811 GPI -17.0%
1983 0.275 GPI -2.1%
1984 0.2472 GPI -10.1%
1985 0.2477 GPI +0.2%
1986 0.2539 GPI +2.5%
1987 0.2851 GPI +12.3%
1988 0.2666 GPI -6.5%
1989 0.2069 GPI -22.4%
1990 0.3017 GPI +45.8%
1991 0.3051 GPI +1.1%
1992 0.3183 GPI +4.3%
1993 0.2849 GPI -10.5%
1994 0.3395 GPI +19.2%
1995 0.3932 GPI +15.8%
1996 0.4135 GPI +5.2%
1999 0.3735 GPI -9.7%
2000 0.3695 GPI -1.1%
2002 0.3874 GPI +4.9%
2004 0.4962 GPI +28.1%
2005 0.4887 GPI -1.5%
2006 0.4474 GPI -8.5%
2007 0.4442 GPI -0.7%
2010 0.5659 GPI +27.4%
2011 0.6249 GPI +10.4%
2012 0.6396 GPI +2.4%
2014 0.7637 GPI +19.4%
2015 1.13 GPI +47.9%
2018 0.5861 GPI -48.1%
2020 0.6327 GPI +8.0%
2021 0.6542 GPI +3.4%
2022 0.6959 GPI +6.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.2723 GPI 0.2069 GPI 0.3384 GPI 10
1990s 0.3412 GPI 0.2849 GPI 0.4135 GPI 8
2000s 0.4389 GPI 0.3695 GPI 0.4962 GPI 6
2010s 0.7183 GPI 0.5659 GPI 1.13 GPI 6
2020s 0.6609 GPI 0.6327 GPI 0.6959 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 162 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7453 GPI compare
  2. 163 Burkina Faso 0.7401 GPI compare
  3. 164 Eritrea 0.7043 GPI compare
  4. 166 Nigeria 0.6941 GPI compare
  5. 167 Djibouti 0.6718 GPI compare
  6. 168 Congo 0.6691 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi?
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi was 0.6959 GPI in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 2015.
What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2069 GPI in 1989.
How does Malawi rank for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index?
Malawi ranks 165th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
Is school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 6,538 data points, 1970–2025
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Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.