Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi

Malawi: Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 43.9% in 2013. ▲ Rising

Latest (2013)
43.9%
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
15th
of 154 countries
All-time high
47.8%
in 2009
All-time low
29.0%
in 2004
Years of data
11
2001–2013

Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi, 2001–2013

010203040502001200720132001: 46.1 %2004: 29 %2005: 47.1 %2006: 46.5 %2007: 47.7 %2008: 46.5 %2009: 47.8 %2010: 44.7 %2011: 44 %2012: 43.9 %2013: 43.9 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi is 43.9%, measured in 2013.

That represents a change of up 51.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi peaked at 47.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 29.0%, in 2004.

Malawi ranks 15th of 154 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%) in Malawi, 2001 to 2013.
Year % Change
2001 46.1%
2004 29.0% -37.1%
2005 47.1% +62.6%
2006 46.5% -1.4%
2007 47.7% +2.6%
2008 46.5% -2.5%
2009 47.8% +2.8%
2010 44.7% -6.5%
2011 44.0% -1.5%
2012 43.9% -0.2%
2013 43.9% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 44.4% 29.0% 47.8% 7
2010s 44.1% 43.9% 44.7% 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 12 Nicaragua 47.4% compare
  2. 13 Vanuatu 47.2% compare
  3. 14 Mozambique 45.5% compare
  4. 16 Kenya 43.2% compare
  5. 17 Sao Tome and Principe 43.0% compare
  6. 18 Nepal 42.8% compare

See the full ranking of 196 places →

More reference data data for Malawi

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi?
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi was 43.9% in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 47.8% in 2009.
What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 29.0% in 2004.
How does Malawi rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
Malawi ranks 15th out of 154 countries with data for 2013.
Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 51.4%. 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 Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%). 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

Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-pupils-enrolled-in-lower-secondary-general-education-who-are-at-least-2/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/percentage-of-pupils-enrolled-in-lower-secondary-general-education-who-are-at-least-2/malawi/">Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in Malawi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
196 places, 2,304 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Percentage of pupils in each level of education (primary and lower secondary general education) who are at least 2 years above the intended age for their grade. The intended age for a given grade is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had studied full-time and had progressed without repeating or skipping a grade. The value is calculated as the sum of enrolments across all grades in the given level of education which are 2 or more years older than the intended age for the given grade is expressed as a percentage of the total enrolment in the given level of education. A low value of this indicator will show that the majority of students start school on time and progress with minimum levels of grade repetition. Late school entry and significant grade repetition exacerbate over-age progression and should be discouraged as both are associated with lower levels of student learning achievement. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/