School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 1.02 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5972 GPIA, in 1972.
Malawi ranks 28th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6569 GPIA | 0.5972 GPIA | 0.7091 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.787 GPIA | 0.7189 GPIA | 0.8408 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8932 GPIA | 0.8418 GPIA | 0.9441 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9689 GPIA | 0.9318 GPIA | 0.9899 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9982 GPIA | 0.9866 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 25 Qatar 1.02 GPIA compare
- 26 Ireland 1.02 GPIA compare
- 27 Liberia 1.02 GPIA compare
- 29 Cayman Islands 1.02 GPIA compare
- 30 Marshall Islands 1.02 GPIA compare
- 31 China (People’s Republic of) 1.02 GPIA compare
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 life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi was 1.02 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5972 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Malawi ranks 28th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. 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 life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release