Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Malawi

Children out of school in Malawi in 2022 — 70,758 people. Ranked 104 in the world out of 146. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 84.2%.

2022 70,758 people −6.1% vs 2021
World rank 104of 146
Period maximum 75,354 people2021
Period minimum 16,470 people2005

Trend over time

1999–2022 · people

Children out of school — Malawi, 1999–2022020,00040,00060,00080,0001999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 38,412 people2004: 17,811 people2005: 16,470 people2006: 28,279 people2007: 75,144 people2008: 30,521 people2009: 23,370 people2021: 75,354 people2022: 70,758 people
Change over the period: +32,346 (+84.21%) Average annual rate: 2.69 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Malawi 70,758 people
World computed 34.79M people
Children out of school — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 70,758 −4,596 −6.1%
2021 75,354
2009 23,370 −7,151 −23.43%
2008 30,521 −44,623 −59.38%
2007 75,144 +46,865 +165.72%
2006 28,279 +11,809 +71.7%
2005 16,470 −1,341 −7.53%
2004 17,811
1999 38,412

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

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