Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Malawi

Population with tertiary education in Malawi in 2020 — 1.32%. Ranked 86 in the world out of 87. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 0.77 pp.

2020 1.32% +0.45 pp vs 2017
World rank 86of 87
Period maximum 1.38%2015
Period minimum 0.55%2005

Trend over time

2005–2020 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Malawi, 2005–20200.50.7511.251.52005200720092011201320152017201920202005: 0.55%2011: 0.78%2015: 1.38%2017: 0.87%2020: 1.32%
Change over the period: +0.77 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp
Population with tertiary education — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 1.32
2017 0.87
2015 1.38
2011 0.78
2005 0.55

Eastern Africa, 2020

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

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

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