Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi

Malawi: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education was 78.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
78.6%
World rank
41st
of 144 countries
All-time high
86.4%
in 1985
All-time low
78.6%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi, 1960–2010

0204060801960198520101960: 85.41965: 85.51970: 82.91975: 79.91980: 82.81985: 86.41990: 85.21995: 83.82000: 82.12005: 79.72010: 78.6

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

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi stood at 78.6%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi peaked at 86.4% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 78.6%, in 2010.

That places Malawi 41st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 85.4%
1965 85.5% +0.1%
1970 82.9% -3.0%
1975 79.9% -3.6%
1980 82.8% +3.7%
1985 86.4% +4.3%
1990 85.2% -1.4%
1995 83.8% -1.7%
2000 82.1% -2.1%
2005 79.7% -2.9%
2010 78.6% -1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 85.5% 85.4% 85.5% 2
1970s 81.4% 79.9% 82.9% 2
1980s 84.6% 82.8% 86.4% 2
1990s 84.5% 83.8% 85.2% 2
2000s 80.9% 79.7% 82.1% 2
2010s 78.6% 78.6% 78.6% 1

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 38 Singapore 82.9% compare
  2. 39 Ghana 81.5% compare
  3. 40 Kenya 81.3% compare
  4. 42 Gabon 76.5% compare
  5. 43 Brunei Darussalam 76.0% compare
  6. 44 Saudi Arabia 75.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi?
Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education in Malawi was 78.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 1985.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 78.6% in 2010.
How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education?
Malawi ranks 41st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education
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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Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education