Bangladesh vs Malawi: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Bangladesh
1.19 index
in 2025
Malawi
1.18 index
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
18th
Malawi rank
21st
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Bangladesh
- Malawi
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 1.19 index against 1.18 index in Malawi, a difference of 0.01 index.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 18th and Malawi ranks 21st of 164 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4409 index | 0.4243 index | 0.0166 index | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 0.652 index | 0.5201 index | 0.132 index | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 1.01 index | 0.7394 index | 0.2715 index | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.12 index | 0.9676 index | 0.1525 index | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 1.18 index | 1.14 index | 0.0425 index | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Bangladesh or Malawi?
- Bangladesh, at 1.19 index against 1.18 index in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Bangladesh and Malawi?
- 0.01 index, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Malawi?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Malawi rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bangladesh ranks 18th and Malawi ranks 21st of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.