Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi

Malawi: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower was 0.7186 GPIA in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.7186 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
104th
of 148 countries
All-time high
1.73 GPIA
in 2002
All-time low
0.7154 GPIA
in 2018
Years of data
11
2002–2019

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi, 2002–2019

00.511.52002201020192002: 1.7 GPIA2004: 1.2 GPIA2005: 1 GPIA2006: 0.908 GPIA2007: 0.864 GPIA2008: 0.858 GPIA2009: 0.848 GPIA2015: 0.78 GPIA2016: 0.785 GPIA2018: 0.715 GPIA2019: 0.719 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 0.7186 GPIA for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi peaked at 1.73 GPIA in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.7154 GPIA, in 2018.

That places Malawi 104th out of 148 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Malawi, 2002 to 2019.
Year GPIA Change
2002 1.73 GPIA
2004 1.18 GPIA -32.0%
2005 1.02 GPIA -13.7%
2006 0.9078 GPIA -10.8%
2007 0.8641 GPIA -4.8%
2008 0.8581 GPIA -0.7%
2009 0.8476 GPIA -1.2%
2015 0.7798 GPIA -8.0%
2016 0.7848 GPIA +0.6%
2018 0.7154 GPIA -8.9%
2019 0.7186 GPIA +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.06 GPIA 0.8476 GPIA 1.73 GPIA 7
2010s 0.7496 GPIA 0.7154 GPIA 0.7848 GPIA 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 101 Malaysia 0.7327 GPIA compare
  2. 102 Philippines 0.7309 GPIA compare
  3. 103 Russian Federation 0.7242 GPIA compare
  4. 105 Czechia 0.7092 GPIA compare
  5. 106 Kazakhstan 0.6977 GPIA compare
  6. 107 Botswana 0.6933 GPIA

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More reference data data for Malawi

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi?
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi was 0.7186 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 1.73 GPIA in 2002.
What is the lowest out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7154 GPIA in 2018.
How does Malawi rank for out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower?
Malawi ranks 104th out of 148 countries with data for 2019.
Is out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). 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

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/out-of-school-rate-for-children-and-adolescents-of-primary-and-lower-secondary-school-age-3/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/out-of-school-rate-for-children-and-adolescents-of-primary-and-lower-secondary-school-age-3/malawi/">Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower in Malawi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,346 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/