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GOAL 4: Quality Education in Malawi

Malawi: GOAL 4: Quality Education was 0.667 5 year moving average in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.667 5 year moving average
Change on year
up 11.2%
World rank
121st
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.667 5 year moving average
in 2023
All-time low
0.143 5 year moving average
in 2004
Years of data
20
2004–2023

GOAL 4: Quality Education in Malawi, 2004–2023

0.20.40.62004201320232004: 0.143 5 year moving average2005: 0.143 5 year moving average2006: 0.333 5 year moving average2007: 0.444 5 year moving average2008: 0.444 5 year moving average2009: 0.444 5 year moving average2010: 0.4 5 year moving average2011: 0.4 5 year moving average2012: 0.4 5 year moving average2013: 0.4 5 year moving average2014: 0.455 5 year moving average2015: 0.455 5 year moving average2016: 0.545 5 year moving average2017: 0.545 5 year moving average2018: 0.455 5 year moving average2019: 0.364 5 year moving average2020: 0.455 5 year moving average2021: 0.6 5 year moving average2022: 0.6 5 year moving average2023: 0.667 5 year moving average

Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Measured in 5 year moving average.

Analysis

In 2023, goal 4: quality education in Malawi stood at 0.667 5 year moving average. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of up 11.2% on the previous year and up 66.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goal 4: quality education in Malawi peaked at 0.667 5 year moving average in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.143 5 year moving average, in 2004.

Malawi ranks 121st of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

GOAL 4: Quality Education in Malawi, year by year

Year 5 year moving average Change
2004 0.143 5 year moving average —
2005 0.143 5 year moving average +0.0%
2006 0.333 5 year moving average +132.9%
2007 0.444 5 year moving average +33.3%
2008 0.444 5 year moving average +0.0%
2009 0.444 5 year moving average +0.0%
2010 0.4 5 year moving average -9.9%
2011 0.4 5 year moving average +0.0%
2012 0.4 5 year moving average +0.0%
2013 0.4 5 year moving average +0.0%
2014 0.455 5 year moving average +13.7%
2015 0.455 5 year moving average +0.0%
2016 0.545 5 year moving average +19.8%
2017 0.545 5 year moving average +0.0%
2018 0.455 5 year moving average -16.5%
2019 0.364 5 year moving average -20.0%
2020 0.455 5 year moving average +25.0%
2021 0.6 5 year moving average +31.9%
2022 0.6 5 year moving average +0.0%
2023 0.667 5 year moving average +11.2%

Malawi compared with similar countries

  • Malawi's 0.667 5 year moving average is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.667 5 year moving average, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Malawi's 0.667 5 year moving average is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.75 5 year moving average, 89% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where GOAL 4: Quality Education in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2006 +132.9% 0.143 5 year moving average 0.333 5 year moving average

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3252 5 year moving average 0.143 5 year moving average 0.444 5 year moving average 6
2010s 0.4419 5 year moving average 0.364 5 year moving average 0.545 5 year moving average 10
2020s 0.5805 5 year moving average 0.455 5 year moving average 0.667 5 year moving average 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 121 Afghanistan 0.667 5 year moving average compare
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  3. 121 Bhutan 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  4. 121 Bolivia 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  5. 121 Brunei 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  6. 121 Cape Verde 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  7. 121 China 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  8. 121 Djibouti 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  9. 121 Dominica 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  10. 121 Eswatini 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  11. 121 Grenada 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  12. 121 Guyana 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  13. 121 Hong Kong 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  14. 121 Israel 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  15. 121 Kenya 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  16. 121 Kuwait 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  17. 121 Lesotho 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  18. 121 Macao 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  19. 121 Marshall Islands 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  20. 121 Mauritania 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  21. 121 Mauritius 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  22. 121 Micronesia (country) 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  23. 121 Namibia 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  24. 121 Nauru 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  25. 121 Nicaragua 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  26. 121 Oman 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  27. 121 Qatar 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  28. 121 Saudi Arabia 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  29. 121 Singapore 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  30. 121 Solomon Islands 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  31. 121 Saint Lucia 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  32. 121 Suriname 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  33. 121 Syria 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  34. 121 Tunisia 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  35. 121 Turkmenistan 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  36. 121 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  37. 121 Tuvalu 0.667 5 year moving average compare
  38. 121 United Arab Emirates 0.667 5 year moving average compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is goal 4: quality education in Malawi?
Goal 4: quality education in Malawi was 0.667 5 year moving average in 2023, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators).
What is the highest goal 4: quality education recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.667 5 year moving average in 2023.
What is the lowest goal 4: quality education recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.143 5 year moving average in 2004.
How does Malawi rank for goal 4: quality education?
Malawi ranks 121st out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
Is goal 4: quality education rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 66.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as part of GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average)
Unit
5 year moving average
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
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SDG Goal 4 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database