Malawi - School enrollment

School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.

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

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Year Value
2015 83.58

School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross)

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.

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

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Year Value
2015 84.02

School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross)

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.

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

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Year Value
2015 83.15

School enrollment, primary (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, primary (% gross) in Malawi was 144.81 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 156.40 in 1995 and a minimum value of 40.71 in 1971.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

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

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Year Value
1971 40.71
1972 47.32
1973 51.27
1974 56.35
1975 62.06
1976 62.69
1977 61.67
1978 59.94
1979 60.62
1980 64.44
1981 64.79
1982 68.65
1983 64.93
1984 60.15
1985 61.80
1986 61.50
1987 63.10
1988 62.61
1989 69.19
1990 74.98
1991 78.10
1992 93.92
1993 99.87
1994 106.61
1995 156.40
1996 151.79
1998 137.34
1999 136.62
2000 139.64
2001 143.96
2002 140.37
2004 132.81
2005 130.48
2006 129.77
2007 126.55
2008 133.63
2009 131.96
2010 138.75
2011 140.62
2012 141.44
2013 146.91
2014 147.40
2015 146.40
2016 144.53
2017 145.49
2018 142.46
2019 144.81

School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) in Malawi was 146.96 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 148.77 in 2014 and a minimum value of 36.61 in 1972.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

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

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Year Value
1972 36.61
1973 40.14
1974 45.30
1975 50.33
1976 51.63
1977 51.71
1978 50.85
1979 51.65
1980 55.25
1981 56.39
1982 60.44
1983 57.81
1984 53.81
1985 55.28
1986 55.80
1987 57.86
1988 57.83
1989 63.85
1990 69.22
1991 72.35
1992 87.13
1993 96.51
1994 103.96
1995 148.31
1996 144.05
1999 132.43
2000 135.85
2001 140.23
2002 136.83
2004 133.35
2005 131.02
2006 131.03
2007 127.77
2008 134.39
2009 132.82
2010 140.19
2011 142.30
2012 142.95
2013 148.25
2014 148.77
2015 147.88
2016 146.44
2017 147.76
2018 143.10
2019 146.96

School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) in Malawi was 142.69 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 164.59 in 1995 and a minimum value of 57.82 in 1972.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

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

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Year Value
1972 57.82
1973 62.20
1974 67.22
1975 73.60
1976 73.57
1977 71.49
1978 68.90
1979 69.46
1980 73.49
1981 73.07
1982 76.74
1983 71.95
1984 66.40
1985 68.24
1986 67.14
1987 68.29
1988 67.36
1989 74.50
1990 80.71
1991 83.83
1992 100.73
1993 103.25
1994 109.28
1995 164.59
1996 159.61
1999 140.85
2000 143.47
2001 147.72
2002 143.92
2004 132.27
2005 129.94
2006 128.51
2007 125.34
2008 132.86
2009 131.10
2010 137.32
2011 138.95
2012 139.92
2013 145.59
2014 146.03
2015 144.92
2016 142.64
2017 143.24
2018 141.82
2019 142.69

School enrollment, primary (% net)

The value for School enrollment, primary (% net) in Malawi was 97.65 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97.78 in 2005 and a minimum value of 94.52 in 2007.

Definition: Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

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

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Year Value
1999 97.57
2004 97.71
2005 97.78
2006 97.19
2007 94.52
2008 97.24
2009 97.65

School enrollment, primary, female (% net)

Definition: Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

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

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Year Value
2007 97.09

School enrollment, primary, male (% net)

Definition: Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.

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

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Year Value
2007 91.95

School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)

School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) in Malawi was 2.07 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 2.07 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.88 in 2012.

Definition: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.

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

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Year Value
2006 1.08
2012 0.88
2013 1.16
2014 1.32
2015 1.21
2016 1.72
2017 2.07

School enrollment, secondary (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, secondary (% gross) in Malawi was 37.08 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.77 in 2015 and a minimum value of 10.44 in 1974.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

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

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Year Value
1972 10.48
1973 10.98
1974 10.44
1975 11.62
1976 11.99
1977 13.10
1978 13.81
1979 14.01
1980 15.90
1981 16.36
1982 17.20
1983 17.15
1984 17.57
1985 17.28
1986 17.04
1987 17.25
1988 16.83
1989 16.35
1990 16.72
1991 17.19
1992 19.79
1993 18.83
1994 16.82
1995 24.77
1996 25.83
1998 33.23
1999 37.44
2000 31.29
2001 31.97
2002 30.77
2004 28.19
2005 28.04
2006 30.02
2007 29.75
2008 32.13
2009 32.73
2010 33.98
2011 35.09
2012 35.32
2013 38.44
2014 40.21
2015 40.77
2016 39.18
2017 39.89
2018 40.28
2019 37.08

School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross) in Malawi was 33.65 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.92 in 2018 and a minimum value of 6.42 in 1973.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

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

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Year Value
1972 7.12
1973 6.42
1975 6.71
1976 6.90
1977 7.55
1978 7.87
1979 8.30
1980 9.84
1981 9.72
1982 10.52
1983 10.80
1984 11.22
1985 11.41
1986 11.54
1987 11.93
1988 12.05
1989 11.78
1990 12.28
1991 12.99
1993 14.12
1994 13.27
1995 19.92
1996 20.74
1999 30.62
2000 26.54
2001 27.59
2002 26.54
2004 24.84
2005 24.81
2006 27.03
2007 26.66
2008 29.07
2009 30.14
2010 31.91
2011 33.08
2012 33.03
2013 36.19
2014 38.08
2015 38.90
2016 36.86
2017 38.62
2018 39.92
2019 33.65

School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross) in Malawi was 40.52 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44.37 in 1999 and a minimum value of 13.71 in 1972.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

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

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Year Value
1972 13.71
1973 15.37
1975 16.36
1976 16.91
1977 18.47
1978 19.56
1979 19.56
1980 21.80
1981 22.83
1982 23.70
1983 23.34
1984 23.77
1985 23.02
1986 22.44
1987 22.49
1988 21.55
1989 20.87
1990 21.11
1991 21.37
1993 23.55
1994 20.38
1995 29.65
1996 30.96
1999 44.37
2000 36.12
2001 36.45
2002 35.10
2004 31.60
2005 31.35
2006 33.07
2007 32.90
2008 35.25
2009 35.35
2010 36.08
2011 37.11
2012 37.63
2013 40.70
2014 42.35
2015 42.65
2016 41.49
2017 41.16
2018 40.64
2019 40.52

School enrollment, secondary (% net)

The value for School enrollment, secondary (% net) in Malawi was 34.24 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.25 in 2015 and a minimum value of 23.44 in 2005.

Definition: Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

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

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Year Value
1998 27.12
1999 29.88
2000 30.68
2001 27.60
2002 26.56
2004 24.15
2005 23.44
2006 24.90
2007 25.16
2008 27.30
2009 27.73
2010 29.12
2011 30.06
2012 30.46
2013 32.74
2014 33.54
2015 34.25
2016 32.96
2018 34.24

School enrollment, secondary, female (% net)

The value for School enrollment, secondary, female (% net) in Malawi was 34.76 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.76 in 2018 and a minimum value of 21.67 in 2005.

Definition: Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

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

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Year Value
1999 26.10
2000 25.97
2001 24.59
2002 23.66
2004 22.07
2005 21.67
2006 23.60
2007 23.64
2008 25.88
2009 26.67
2010 28.38
2011 29.23
2012 29.25
2013 31.64
2014 33.06
2015 33.96
2016 32.20
2018 34.76

School enrollment, secondary, male (% net)

The value for School enrollment, secondary, male (% net) in Malawi was 33.72 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.47 in 2000 and a minimum value of 25.25 in 2005.

Definition: Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

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

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Year Value
1999 33.73
2000 35.47
2001 30.67
2002 29.54
2004 26.29
2005 25.25
2006 26.23
2007 26.71
2008 28.75
2009 28.81
2010 29.88
2011 30.90
2012 31.68
2013 33.85
2014 34.03
2015 34.54
2016 33.71
2018 33.72

School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)

School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in Malawi was 10.23 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 12.46 in 2006, while its lowest value was 5.92 in 2012.

Definition: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.

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

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Year Value
2006 12.46
2012 5.92
2013 6.54
2014 7.78
2015 9.42
2016 8.84
2018 10.23

School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) in Malawi was 0.819 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.848 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.321 in 1999.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

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

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Year Value
1973 0.446
1974 0.460
1975 0.468
1976 0.412
1977 0.421
1978 0.392
1979 0.423
1980 0.473
1981 0.469
1982 0.471
1983 0.464
1984 0.469
1985 0.474
1986 0.467
1987 0.473
1988 0.452
1989 0.467
1990 0.548
1991 0.559
1992 0.560
1993 0.565
1994 0.593
1995 0.589
1996 0.603
1999 0.321
2000 0.352
2001 0.396
2002 0.426
2003 0.436
2004 0.512
2005 0.494
2006 0.511
2007 0.502
2010 0.716
2011 0.824
2012 0.848
2014 0.838
2015 0.819

School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) in Malawi was 0.885 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.885 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.176 in 1999.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

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

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Year Value
1980 0.247
1981 0.257
1982 0.228
1983 0.223
1984 0.210
1985 0.215
1986 0.217
1987 0.239
1988 0.223
1989 0.187
1990 0.290
1991 0.294
1992 0.300
1993 0.273
1994 0.321
1995 0.348
1996 0.364
1999 0.176
2000 0.193
2002 0.246
2004 0.358
2005 0.345
2006 0.339
2007 0.332
2010 0.535
2011 0.635
2012 0.687
2014 0.742
2015 0.885

School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) in Malawi was 0.75 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.02 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.47 in 1999.

Definition: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

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

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Year Value
1980 0.69
1981 0.67
1982 0.71
1983 0.70
1984 0.72
1985 0.73
1986 0.71
1987 0.70
1988 0.68
1989 0.75
1990 0.81
1991 0.83
1992 0.82
1993 0.86
1994 0.87
1995 0.83
1996 0.84
1999 0.47
2000 0.51
2002 0.61
2004 0.67
2005 0.65
2006 0.69
2007 0.68
2010 0.90
2011 1.02
2012 1.01
2014 0.94
2015 0.75

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation