School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1.02 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Malawi, 1980–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Malawi stood at 1.02 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Malawi peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6464 GPIA, in 1980.
Malawi ranks 120th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Malawi, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.6464 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.6534 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6702 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6833 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.6844 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.695 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 0.717 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7356 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7504 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7618 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7718 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.7878 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.8569 GPIA | +8.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8935 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8621 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8626 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8708 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8921 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8872 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9324 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9278 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9366 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9318 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9595 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9671 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9655 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.02 GPIA | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6997 GPIA | 0.6464 GPIA | 0.7618 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8436 GPIA | 0.7718 GPIA | 0.8935 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.918 GPIA | 0.8872 GPIA | 0.9366 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9641 GPIA | 0.9595 GPIA | 0.9671 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 117 Cambodia 1.02 GPIA compare
- 118 Madagascar 1.02 GPIA compare
- 119 Luxembourg 1.02 GPIA compare
- 121 Switzerland 1.02 GPIA compare
- 122 Greece 1.02 GPIA compare
- 123 Georgia 1.02 GPIA compare
More education data for Malawi
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 139.02 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 139.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Malawi was 1.02 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6464 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Malawi ranks 120th out of 179 countries with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release