Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi

Malawi: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. was 42.0% in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
42.0%
World rank
43rd
of 144 countries
All-time high
42.0%
in 2005
All-time low
23.6%
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi, 1960–2010

0102030401960198520101960: 23.6 Incomplete and Completed Primary1965: 23.6 Incomplete and Completed Primary1970: 30.4 Incomplete and Completed Primary1975: 32 Incomplete and Completed Primary1980: 30.7 Incomplete and Completed Primary1985: 29.1 Incomplete and Completed Primary1990: 29.2 Incomplete and Completed Primary1995: 32.8 Incomplete and Completed Primary2000: 35.2 Incomplete and Completed Primary2005: 42 Incomplete and Completed Primary2010: 42 Incomplete and Completed Primary

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 42.0% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 19.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi peaked at 42.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 23.6%, in 1960.

That places Malawi 43rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) in Malawi, 1960 to 2010.
Year Incomplete and Completed Primary Change
1960 23.6%
1965 23.6% +0.1%
1970 30.4% +28.9%
1975 32.0% +5.2%
1980 30.7% -4.0%
1985 29.1% -5.3%
1990 29.2% +0.3%
1995 32.8% +12.2%
2000 35.2% +7.4%
2005 42.0% +19.4%
2010 42.0% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 23.6% 23.6% 23.6% 2
1970s 31.2% 30.4% 32.0% 2
1980s 29.9% 29.1% 30.7% 2
1990s 31.0% 29.2% 32.8% 2
2000s 38.6% 35.2% 42.0% 2
2010s 42.0% 42.0% 42.0% 1

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 40 Honduras 45.1% compare
  2. 41 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 44.8% compare
  3. 42 Hong Kong 42.4% compare
  4. 44 Nicaragua 41.7% compare
  5. 45 Viet Nam 41.6% compare
  6. 46 Cambodia 41.4% compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

More reference data data for Malawi

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi was 42.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 42.0% in 2005.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 23.6% in 1960.
How does Malawi rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling.?
Malawi ranks 43rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. 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: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-primary-schooling-total-incomplete-and/malawi/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-primary-schooling-total-incomplete-and/malawi/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. in Malawi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
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

Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)