School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.7387 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi, 1980β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi stood at 0.7387 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 1.13 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2069 GPIA, in 1989.
Malawi ranks 164th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2723 GPIA | 0.2069 GPIA | 0.3384 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3412 GPIA | 0.2849 GPIA | 0.4135 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.4389 GPIA | 0.3695 GPIA | 0.4962 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7073 GPIA | 0.5427 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.6804 GPIA | 0.6327 GPIA | 0.7387 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Malawi
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 139.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 87,834 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.59 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 140.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Malawi was 0.7387 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2069 GPIA in 1989.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Malawi ranks 164th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. 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, 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