Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female in Malawi

Malawi: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female was 0.9 in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.9
World rank
116th
of 144 countries
All-time high
0.9
in 2010
All-time low
0.37
in 1965
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female in Malawi, 1960–2010

00.20.40.60.811960198520101960: 0.381965: 0.371970: 0.441975: 0.511980: 0.541985: 0.461990: 0.451995: 0.462000: 0.632005: 0.642010: 0.9

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 0.9 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 42.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female in Malawi peaked at 0.9 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.37, in 1965.

That places Malawi 116th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.375 0.37 0.38 2
1970s 0.475 0.44 0.51 2
1980s 0.5 0.46 0.54 2
1990s 0.455 0.45 0.46 2
2000s 0.635 0.63 0.64 2
2010s 0.9 0.9 0.9 1

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 113 Bahrain 0.95 compare
  2. 113 Mali 0.95 compare
  3. 115 India 0.91 compare
  4. 117 Pakistan 0.82 compare
  5. 118 Tunisia 0.8 compare
  6. 119 Kenya 0.77 compare
  7. 119 Togo 0.77 compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female in Malawi?
Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female in Malawi was 0.9 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.37 in 1965.
How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female?
Malawi ranks 116th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 70-74, female
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of total schooling, 70-74, female is the average years of education completed among females age 70-74.