Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Malawi

Share of children out of school in Malawi in 2022 — 2.09%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 145. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 0.05 pp.

2022 2.09% −0.15 pp vs 2021
World rank 61of 145
Period maximum 3.29%2007
Period minimum 0.76%2005

Trend over time

1999–2022 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Malawi, 1999–2022012341999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 2.04%2004: 0.84%2005: 0.76%2006: 1.27%2007: 3.29%2008: 1.3%2009: 0.96%2021: 2.24%2022: 2.09%
Change over the period: +0.05 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 2.09%
World computed 7.01%
Share of children out of school — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 2.09 −0.15 pp
2021 2.24
2009 0.96 −0.34 pp
2008 1.3 −1.99 pp
2007 3.29 +2.02 pp
2006 1.27 +0.51 pp
2005 0.76 −0.08 pp
2004 0.84
1999 2.04

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.