School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.0509 years in 2011. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Malawi, 1980–2011
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 0.0509 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in 2011. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% on the previous year and up 98.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Malawi peaked at 0.0509 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0234 years, in 1999.
Malawi ranks 177th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Malawi, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.0345 years | — |
| 1981 | 0.0336 years | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0353 years | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0348 years | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0359 years | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0363 years | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0355 years | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0351 years | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 0.034 years | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0374 years | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0403 years | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0413 years | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0411 years | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0429 years | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0433 years | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0416 years | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0422 years | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0234 years | -44.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0257 years | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0304 years | +18.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0335 years | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0324 years | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0344 years | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0338 years | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0458 years | +35.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0509 years | +11.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 0.0509 years is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.3846 years, 13% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 0.0509 years is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5392 years, 9% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | -44.7% | 0.0422 years | 0.0234 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0352 years | 0.0336 years | 0.0374 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0395 years | 0.0234 years | 0.0433 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.0317 years | 0.0257 years | 0.0344 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.0484 years | 0.0458 years | 0.0509 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 174 Sierra Leone 0.1377 years compare
- 175 Papua New Guinea 0.1125 years compare
- 176 Haiti 0.0797 years compare
More education data for Malawi
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Malawi was 0.0509 years in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0509 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0234 years in 1999.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Malawi ranks 177th out of 177 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.4%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.