School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Malawi

Malawi: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 10.66 years in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
10.66 years
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
17th
of 188 countries
All-time high
11.12 years
in 2014
All-time low
9.3 years
in 2007
Years of data
20
1999–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Malawi, 1999–2019

02.557.5101999200920191999: 9.9 years2000: 9.5 years2001: 9.8 years2002: 9.8 years2004: 9.5 years2005: 9.3 years2006: 9.4 years2007: 9.3 years2008: 9.8 years2009: 9.8 years2010: 10.3 years2011: 10.5 years2012: 10.5 years2013: 10.9 years2014: 11.1 years2015: 11.1 years2016: 10.9 years2017: 11.1 years2018: 10.8 years2019: 10.7 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Malawi is 10.66 years, measured in 2019.

The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Malawi peaked at 11.12 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.3 years, in 2007.

That places Malawi 17th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 9.85 years 9.85 years 9.85 years 1
2000s 9.58 years 9.3 years 9.84 years 9
2010s 10.79 years 10.3 years 11.12 years 10

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 14 Eswatini 10.87 years compare
  2. 15 Lesotho 10.74 years compare
  3. 16 Algeria 10.68 years compare
  4. 18 Denmark 10.6 years compare
  5. 19 Antigua and Barbuda 10.54 years compare
  6. 20 Argentina 10.52 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Malawi?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Malawi was 10.66 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 11.12 years in 2014.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 9.3 years in 2007.
How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?
Malawi ranks 17th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified levels of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.