School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 1.03 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Malawi, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 1.03 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Malawi peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8929 GPIA, in 1999.
Malawi ranks 32nd of 200 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Malawi, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8929 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9068 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9082 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9027 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9478 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9438 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9567 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.951 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9485 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9607 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9764 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.981 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9779 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9757 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9755 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9777 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9758 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.984 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9613 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1.03 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8929 GPIA | 0.8929 GPIA | 0.8929 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9362 GPIA | 0.9027 GPIA | 0.9607 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9786 GPIA | 0.9613 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 29 Syrian Arab Republic 1.03 GPIA compare
- 30 Kuwait 1.03 GPIA compare
- 31 Lesotho 1.03 GPIA compare
- 33 Marshall Islands 1.02 GPIA compare
- 34 Ecuador 1.02 GPIA compare
- 35 El Salvador 1.02 GPIA 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 life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Malawi was 1.03 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8929 GPIA in 1999.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Malawi ranks 32nd out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release