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.
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
- 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, 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.