Kenya vs Malawi: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Kenya
1.17 index
in 2025
Malawi
1.18 index
in 2025
Kenya rank
22nd
Malawi rank
21st
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Kenya
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1.18 index against 1.17 index in Kenya, a difference of 0.01 index.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 22nd and Malawi ranks 21st of 164 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7838 index | 0.4243 index | 0.3595 index | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1.04 index | 0.5201 index | 0.5203 index | Kenya |
| 2000s | 1.1 index | 0.7394 index | 0.3643 index | Kenya |
| 2010s | 1.15 index | 0.9676 index | 0.1842 index | Kenya |
| 2020s | 1.16 index | 1.14 index | 0.0204 index | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Kenya or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 1.18 index against 1.17 index in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Kenya and Malawi?
- 0.01 index, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Malawi?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Malawi rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kenya ranks 22nd 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.