School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) was 10.83 years in 2011. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malawi, 1980–2011
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 10.83 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in 2011. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malawi peaked at 10.83 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3.91 years, in 1984.
Malawi ranks 137th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3.92 years | — |
| 1981 | 3.98 years | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 4.27 years | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 4.13 years | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 3.91 years | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 4.01 years | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 4.05 years | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 4.2 years | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 4.2 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 4.55 years | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 4.9 years | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 5.14 years | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 6.65 years | +29.5% |
| 1994 | 7.05 years | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 10.11 years | +43.4% |
| 1996 | 9.91 years | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 10.27 years | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 9.79 years | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 10.08 years | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 9.74 years | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 9.61 years | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 9.76 years | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 9.59 years | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 10.65 years | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 10.83 years | +1.7% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 10.83 years is above the median for low income countries, which is 8.22 years, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 10.83 years is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.19 years, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years) (female) in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +43.4% | 7.05 years | 10.11 years |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.12 years | 3.91 years | 4.55 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.72 years | 4.9 years | 10.27 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 9.76 years | 9.59 years | 10.08 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 10.74 years | 10.65 years | 10.83 years | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More gender data for Malawi
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 9,494 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.4 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 15,667 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 15,667 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.13 % change on previous year (2030)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malawi was 10.83 years in 2011, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 10.83 years in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.91 years in 1984.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
- Malawi ranks 137th out of 175 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.