Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Malawi or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 4.95 million number against 400,638 number in Malawi as of 2019.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?

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.

Malawi vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Malawi

400,638 number

in 2019

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

4.95 million number

in 2019

Malawi rank

24th

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank

27th

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

Malawi
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 4.95 million number against 400,638 number in Malawi, a difference of 4.55 million number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.3 times Malawi's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 24th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 149 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	117,098 number	10.68 million number	10.56 million number	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s	334,548 number	6.91 million number	6.58 million number	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s	369,914 number	5.26 million number	4.89 million number	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

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, Malawi or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 4.95 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 Malawi and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?: 4.55 million number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Malawi ranks 24th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 149 countries.
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/