Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi

Malawi: Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education was 0.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.0%
Change on year
down 66.4%
World rank
105th
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.1%
in 1997
All-time low
0.0%
in 2019
Years of data
6
1997–2019

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi, 1997–2019

0.020.040.061997200820191997: 0.07 % of labor force with high education in working age2004: 0.036 % of labor force with high education in working age2010: 0.028 % of labor force with high education in working age2013: 0.038 % of labor force with high education in working age2016: 0.048 % of labor force with high education in working age2019: 0.016 % of labor force with high education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of labor force with high education in working age.

Analysis

In 2019, unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 66.4% on the previous year and down 42.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi peaked at 0.1% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2019.

That places Malawi 105th out of 107 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age) in Malawi, 1997 to 2019.
Year % of labor force with high education in working age Change
1997 0.1%
2004 0.0% -48.6%
2010 0.0% -22.0%
2013 0.0% +34.2%
2016 0.0% +27.0%
2019 0.0% -66.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 1
2000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1
2010s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

  1. 102 Cambodia 0.0% compare
  2. 103 Thailand 0.0% compare
  3. 104 Senegal 0.0% compare
  4. 106 Togo 0.0% compare
  5. 107 Niger 0.0% compare

See the full ranking of 107 places →

More reference data data for Malawi

All data for Malawi →

Frequently asked questions

What is unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi?
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1997.
What is the lowest unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
How does Malawi rank for unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education?
Malawi ranks 105th out of 107 countries with data for 2019.
Is unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is down 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi. Statizoid. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/unemployment-rate-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-labor-force-with-high/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/unemployment-rate-aged-15-64-above-primary-education-percent-of-labor-force-with-high/malawi/">Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education in Malawi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,429 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed