School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity was 0.9786 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malawi, 1972–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.9786 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 1.01 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6002 GPI, in 1973.
Malawi ranks 141st of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Malawi, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.6113 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.6002 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.634 GPI | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6468 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6588 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 0.6638 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.6735 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6832 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.6894 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7065 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7199 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.7212 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.7307 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7517 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7687 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7861 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.793 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8004 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.8113 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8725 GPI | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9041 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8661 GPI | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.8647 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8721 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9015 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9081 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9053 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9578 GPI | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9562 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9677 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9642 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9615 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9704 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.984 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9881 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9839 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9833 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9849 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9887 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9889 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9987 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9786 GPI | -2.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.9786 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9103 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.9786 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9578 GPI, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6412 GPI | 0.6002 GPI | 0.6735 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.735 GPI | 0.6832 GPI | 0.793 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8559 GPI | 0.8004 GPI | 0.9041 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9436 GPI | 0.9015 GPI | 0.9704 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9886 GPI | 0.9786 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 10 |
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 life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malawi was 0.9786 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6002 GPI in 1973.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Malawi ranks 141st out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.