School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.9853 GPI in 2011. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malawi, 1980–2011
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.9853 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2011. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 0.9853 GPI in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6812 GPI, in 1980.
That places Malawi 131st out of 175 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.6812 GPI | — |
| 1981 | 0.6876 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7042 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7175 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.7184 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7279 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7488 GPI | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.766 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7831 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7895 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7975 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8083 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8694 GPI | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 0.9011 GPI | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 0.8645 GPI | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8631 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8687 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8975 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9012 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9532 GPI | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9516 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9628 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9594 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9792 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9853 GPI | +0.6% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.9853 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8652 GPI, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.9853 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9378 GPI, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7324 GPI | 0.6812 GPI | 0.7895 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8532 GPI | 0.7975 GPI | 0.9011 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.9376 GPI | 0.8975 GPI | 0.9628 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9823 GPI | 0.9792 GPI | 0.9853 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 128 Ghana 0.9936 GPI compare
- 129 Switzerland 0.9878 GPI compare
- 130 Peru 0.987 GPI compare
- 132 El Salvador 0.9851 GPI compare
- 133 Uzbekistan 0.9845 GPI compare
- 134 Syria 0.9811 GPI compare
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 to tertiary, gender parity index in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malawi was 0.9853 GPI in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9853 GPI in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6812 GPI in 1980.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Malawi ranks 131st out of 175 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 to tertiary, 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.