School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malawi, 1972–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malawi is 1.03 GPI, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6331 GPI, in 1972.
Malawi ranks 16th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malawi, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0.6331 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.6453 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.6739 GPI | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.6838 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.7017 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 0.7233 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 0.738 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7436 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7519 GPI | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.7718 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.7875 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.8034 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8105 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.81 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.8312 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.8473 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.8586 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.857 GPI | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8576 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8631 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8649 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9347 GPI | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9512 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.9011 GPI | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9025 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9324 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9469 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9493 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9441 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1 GPI | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.01 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.02 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.02 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.02 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.03 GPI | +1.9% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 1.03 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9351 GPI, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 1.03 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9648 GPI, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6928 GPI | 0.6331 GPI | 0.7436 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.8129 GPI | 0.7519 GPI | 0.8586 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9009 GPI | 0.8576 GPI | 0.9512 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9853 GPI | 0.9441 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Malawi was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6331 GPI in 1972.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
- Malawi ranks 16th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.