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Secondary school enrollment — Malawi

Secondary school enrollment in Malawi in 2023 — 36.6%. Ranked 143 in the world out of 147. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 25.7 pp.

2023 36.6% +1.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 143of 147
Period maximum 41.5%2020
Period minimum 10.9%1974

Trend over time

1972–2023 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Malawi, 1972–2023020406019721978198419901996200220082014202020231972: 11%1973: 11.5%1974: 10.9%1975: 12.1%1976: 12.5%1977: 13.6%1978: 14.4%1979: 14.6%1980: 16.5%1981: 16.8%1982: 17.4%1983: 17.2%1984: 17.6%1985: 17.5%1986: 17.4%1987: 18.1%1988: 17.5%1989: 17.1%1990: 17.4%1991: 17.5%1992: 19.6%1993: 17.8%1994: 15.7%1995: 23.4%1996: 24.2%1998: 31.7%1999: 36.4%2000: 31.1%2001: 32.2%2002: 31.3%2004: 28.9%2005: 28.7%2006: 30.6%2007: 30.3%2008: 32.7%2009: 33.4%2010: 33.7%2011: 34.7%2012: 34.8%2013: 37.8%2014: 39.5%2015: 39.7%2016: 38.2%2017: 39.6%2018: 38.8%2019: 35.5%2020: 41.5%2021: 35.9%2022: 35.5%2023: 36.6%
Change over the period: +25.7 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 36.6%
World 77.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 45.7%
Secondary school enrollment — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 36.6 +1.1 pp
2022 35.5 −0.4 pp
2021 35.9 −5.6 pp
2020 41.5 +5.9 pp
2019 35.5 −3.3 pp
2018 38.8 −0.8 pp
2017 39.6 +1.4 pp
2016 38.2 −1.5 pp
2015 39.7 +0.2 pp
2014 39.5 +1.7 pp
2013 37.8 +3 pp
2012 34.8 +0.1 pp
2011 34.7 +1.1 pp
2010 33.7 +0.3 pp
2009 33.4 +0.7 pp
2008 32.7 +2.4 pp
2007 30.3 −0.3 pp
2006 30.6 +1.9 pp
2005 28.7 −0.2 pp
2004 28.9 —
2002 31.3 −0.9 pp
2001 32.2 +1.1 pp
2000 31.1 −5.3 pp
1999 36.4 +4.8 pp
1998 31.7 —
1996 24.2 +0.8 pp
1995 23.4 +7.7 pp
1994 15.7 −2.1 pp
1993 17.8 −1.7 pp
1992 19.6 +2 pp
1991 17.5 +0.1 pp
1990 17.4 +0.3 pp
1989 17.1 −0.4 pp
1988 17.5 −0.5 pp
1987 18.1 +0.6 pp
1986 17.4 −0 pp
1985 17.5 −0.2 pp
1984 17.6 +0.4 pp
1983 17.2 −0.2 pp
1982 17.4 +0.7 pp
1981 16.8 +0.3 pp
1980 16.5 +1.9 pp
1979 14.6 +0.2 pp
1978 14.4 +0.8 pp
1977 13.6 +1.2 pp
1976 12.5 +0.3 pp
1975 12.1 +1.2 pp
1974 10.9 −0.6 pp
1973 11.5 +0.5 pp
1972 11 —

Eastern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

KE Kenya 84.3 SC Seychelles 74.3 RW Rwanda 45.1 MW Malawi 36.6 SO Somalia 3.3
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

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

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