Malawi - Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in Malawi was 49.53 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 49.53 in 2018, while its lowest value was 28.30 in 1978.

Definition: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 33.34
1973 28.73
1974 29.22
1975 28.49
1976 28.61
1977 28.48
1978 28.30
1979 29.38
1980 30.70
1981 29.36
1982 30.25
1983 31.16
1984 31.58
1985 32.71
1986 33.64
1987 34.50
1988 35.74
1989 35.94
1990 36.68
1991 37.76
1993 37.52
1994 39.64
1995 40.54
1996 40.48
1999 41.23
2000 42.81
2001 43.60
2002 43.60
2004 44.57
2005 44.71
2006 45.48
2007 45.23
2008 45.61
2009 46.37
2010 47.28
2011 47.41
2012 46.97
2013 47.24
2014 47.46
2015 47.77
2016 47.08
2017 48.42
2018 49.53

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation