How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Malawi?

13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific vs Malawi: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

East Asia & Pacific

14.96 million number

in 2019

Malawi

400,638 number

in 2019

East Asia & Pacific rank

21st

Malawi rank

24th

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

East Asia & Pacific
Malawi

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 14.96 million number against 400,638 number in Malawi, a difference of 14.56 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 37.3 times Malawi's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 21st and Malawi ranks 24th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1990s	37.22 million number	117,098 number	37.10 million number	East Asia & Pacific
2000s	23.13 million number	334,548 number	22.79 million number	East Asia & Pacific
2010s	14.66 million number	369,914 number	14.29 million number	East Asia & Pacific

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, East Asia & Pacific or Malawi?: East Asia & Pacific, at 14.96 million number against 400,638 number in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between East Asia & Pacific and Malawi?: 14.56 million number, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Malawi?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Malawi rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 21st and Malawi ranks 24th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,726 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/