Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, female in Malawi

Malawi: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, female was 0.61 in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.61
World rank
117th
of 144 countries
All-time high
0.61
in 2010
All-time low
0.37
in 1965
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, female in Malawi, 1960–2010

00.20.40.61960198520101960: 0.381965: 0.371970: 0.441975: 0.511980: 0.531985: 0.461990: 0.451995: 0.472000: 0.52005: 0.572010: 0.61

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 75+, female in Malawi is 0.61, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 22.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 75+, female in Malawi peaked at 0.61 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.37, in 1965.

That places Malawi 117th 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 0.495 0.46 0.53 2
1990s 0.46 0.45 0.47 2
2000s 0.535 0.5 0.57 2
2010s 0.61 0.61 0.61 1

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 114 Tanzania 0.66 compare
  2. 115 Gambia 0.64 compare
  3. 115 Pakistan 0.64 compare
  4. 118 Cameroon 0.54 compare
  5. 119 Togo 0.49 compare
  6. 120 Liberia 0.46 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 75+, female in Malawi?
Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 75+, female in Malawi was 0.61 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 75+, female recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.61 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 75+, 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 75+, female?
Malawi ranks 117th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 75+, female rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. 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 75+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 75+, 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
Last refreshed

Average years of total schooling, 75+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 75.