School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Malawi
Malawi: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 10.99 years in 2011. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Malawi, 1980β2011
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2011, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Malawi stood at 10.99 years.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Malawi peaked at 11.82 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.37 years, in 1988.
That places Malawi 139th out of 175 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.63 years | 5.37 years | 6.06 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 9 years | 6.15 years | 11.82 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 10.42 years | 10 years | 11.18 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 10.94 years | 10.88 years | 10.99 years | 2 |
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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 school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Malawi?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Malawi was 10.99 years in 2011, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 11.82 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.37 years in 1988.
- How does Malawi rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
- Malawi ranks 139th out of 175 countries with data for 2011.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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, male (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.