School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Malawi

Malawi: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9826 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9826 GPI
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
124th
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.02 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.8932 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
20
1999–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Malawi, 1999–2019

00.250.50.7511999200920191999: 0.893 GPI2000: 0.914 GPI2001: 0.918 GPI2002: 0.916 GPI2004: 0.968 GPI2005: 0.967 GPI2006: 0.982 GPI2007: 0.977 GPI2008: 0.974 GPI2009: 0.983 GPI2010: 0.995 GPI2011: 0.998 GPI2012: 0.995 GPI2013: 0.993 GPI2014: 0.994 GPI2015: 0.997 GPI2016: 0.996 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 0.983 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 0.9826 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2019.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Malawi peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8932 GPI, in 1999.

That places Malawi 124th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8932 GPI 0.8932 GPI 0.8932 GPI 1
2000s 0.9553 GPI 0.9136 GPI 0.9828 GPI 9
2010s 0.9974 GPI 0.9826 GPI 1.02 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 121 Romania 0.9846 GPI compare
  2. 122 Fiji 0.9837 GPI compare
  3. 123 Netherlands 0.9836 GPI compare
  4. 125 Oman 0.9826 GPI compare
  5. 126 Zimbabwe 0.982 GPI compare
  6. 127 Uzbekistan 0.9817 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Malawi?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Malawi was 0.9826 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8932 GPI in 1999.
How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Malawi ranks 124th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
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

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A 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.