Lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index in Malawi
Malawi: Lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index was 1.18 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index in Malawi, 1981–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index in Malawi is 1.18, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 1.18 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3683, in 1981.
Malawi ranks 21st of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4243 | 0.3683 | 0.4624 | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5201 | 0.4517 | 0.6544 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7394 | 0.6865 | 0.781 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9676 | 0.8177 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 | 1.09 | 1.18 | 6 |
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More gender data for Malawi
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 330,369 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 332,767 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 322,764 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 324,764 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 316,113 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 318,049 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 310,624 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 312,186 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 305,842 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 307,019 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index in Malawi?
- Lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index in Malawi was 1.18 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3683 in 1981.
- How does Malawi rank for lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index?
- Malawi ranks 21st out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Lower secondary completion rate adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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