Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Malawi

Malawi: Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index was 0.6386 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6386 GPI
Change on year
down 25.9%
World rank
138th
of 142 countries
All-time high
0.8614 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.6386 GPI
in 2019
Years of data
14
1999–2019

Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Malawi, 1999–2019

00.20.40.60.81999200920191999: 0.707 GPI2002: 0.772 GPI2004: 0.788 GPI2005: 0.671 GPI2006: 0.695 GPI2007: 0.646 GPI2008: 0.647 GPI2009: 0.713 GPI2013: 0.748 GPI2014: 0.848 GPI2015: 0.85 GPI2016: 0.837 GPI2018: 0.861 GPI2019: 0.639 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 0.6386 GPI for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of down 25.9% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 0.8614 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6386 GPI, in 2019.

Malawi ranks 138th of 142 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7072 GPI 0.7072 GPI 0.7072 GPI 1
2000s 0.7045 GPI 0.6456 GPI 0.7877 GPI 7
2010s 0.7972 GPI 0.6386 GPI 0.8614 GPI 6

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  6. 141 Afghanistan 0.557 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Malawi?
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Malawi was 0.6386 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.8614 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6386 GPI in 2019.
How does Malawi rank for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index?
Malawi ranks 138th out of 142 countries with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 3,033 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for upper secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for upper secondary. 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. For more information, consult the UIS website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/