Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi

Malawi: Enrolment in upper secondary education, male was 88,892 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
88,892 number
Change on year
down 9.9%
World rank
105th
of 187 countries
All-time high
134,700 number
in 1997
All-time low
40,527 number
in 2002
Years of data
22
1997–2019

Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi, 1997–2019

40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k120.0k140.0k1997200820191997: 134.7k number1998: 119.1k number1999: 58.5k number2000: 40.5k number2001: 44.7k number2002: 40.5k number2004: 43.1k number2005: 43.9k number2006: 54.4k number2007: 52.1k number2008: 57.0k number2009: 60.4k number2010: 59.3k number2011: 66.1k number2012: 68.1k number2013: 79.8k number2014: 89.9k number2015: 90.7k number2016: 88.0k number2017: 95.3k number2018: 98.7k number2019: 88.9k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 88,892 number for enrolment in upper secondary education, male in 2019.

The figure is down 9.9% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi peaked at 134,700 number in 1997 and was at its lowest, 40,527 number, in 2002.

Malawi ranks 105th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Enrolment in upper secondary education, male (number) in Malawi, 1997 to 2019.
Year number Change
1997 134,700 number —
1998 119,100 number -11.6%
1999 58,536 number -50.9%
2000 40,542 number -30.7%
2001 44,671 number +10.2%
2002 40,527 number -9.3%
2004 43,086 number +6.3%
2005 43,884 number +1.9%
2006 54,358 number +23.9%
2007 52,063 number -4.2%
2008 57,038 number +9.6%
2009 60,442 number +6.0%
2010 59,289 number -1.9%
2011 66,115 number +11.5%
2012 68,095 number +3.0%
2013 79,765 number +17.1%
2014 89,879 number +12.7%
2015 90,747 number +1.0%
2016 87,956 number -3.1%
2017 95,310 number +8.4%
2018 98,684 number +3.5%
2019 88,892 number -9.9%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 88,892 number is below the median for low income countries, which is 167,589 number, 53% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 88,892 number is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 122,224 number, 73% of the median. (40 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 104,112 number 58,536 number 134,700 number 3
2000s 48,512 number 40,527 number 60,442 number 9
2010s 82,473 number 59,289 number 98,684 number 10

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 102 Slovakia 94,242 number compare
  2. 103 Sierra Leone 94,187 number compare
  3. 104 Hong Kong 90,008 number compare
  4. 106 Tanzania 87,647 number compare
  5. 107 Niger 87,590 number compare
  6. 108 Lebanon 87,210 number compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

More reference data data for Malawi

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi?
Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi was 88,892 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in upper secondary education, male recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 134,700 number in 1997.
What is the lowest enrolment in upper secondary education, male recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 40,527 number in 2002.
How does Malawi rank for enrolment in upper secondary education, male?
Malawi ranks 105th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is enrolment in upper secondary education, male rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/enrolment-in-upper-secondary-education-male-number/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/enrolment-in-upper-secondary-education-male-number/malawi/">Enrolment in upper secondary education, male in Malawi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in upper secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 4,332 data points, 1980–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private upper secondary education institutions regardless of age. For more information, consult the UIS website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/