School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.1792 years in 2024. β Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Malawi, 1980β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Malawi is 0.1792 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 60.9% on the previous year and up 397.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Malawi peaked at 0.1792 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0079 years, in 1989.
That places Malawi 180th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0097 years | 0.0079 years | 0.0116 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0137 years | 0.0084 years | 0.0177 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.0135 years | 0.009 years | 0.0156 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.0385 years | 0.0255 years | 0.0628 years | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.1197 years | 0.0933 years | 0.1792 years | 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, female in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Malawi was 0.1792 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1792 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0079 years in 1989.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Malawi ranks 180th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 397.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release