School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender was 1.03 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.03 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
32nd
of 200 countries
All-time high
1.03 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.8929 GPIA
in 1999
Years of data
24
1999–2023
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 … lower adjusted GPIA 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% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 1.03 GPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9649 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 1.03 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9882 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
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
More education data for Malawi
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.75 million (2024)
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