Education in Malawi 137 indicators covering education for Malawi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 57.3% 2025 up 11.2% 187th Population ages 0-14 40.1% 2025 down 11.7% 25th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 139.0% 2024 down 1.2% 4th Primary education, teachers 87,834 2024 up 31.6% 63rd School enrollment, primary, female 140.7% 2024 up 0.1% 4th School enrollment, primary, male 137.3% 2024 down 2.5% 4th Labor force, total 8.32 million 2025 up 33.3% 63rd Labor force, female 48.4% 2025 down 0.4% 33rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2019 up 1.7% 16th School enrollment, secondary 36.6% 2023 down 3.2% 189th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 10.4 per 1,000 2024 down 25.7% 34th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 6.3 per 1,000 2024 down 30.8% 40th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.9 per 1,000 2024 down 19.7% 22nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 6.2 per 1,000 2024 down 30.3% 24th Secondary education, teachers 14,528 2019 down 12.1% 131st School enrollment, secondary, female 37.3% 2023 up 5.2% 184th School enrollment, secondary, male 36.0% 2023 down 10.7% 188th School enrollment, tertiary 2.7% 2022 up 222.9% 187th School enrollment, primary, private 2.1% 2017 up 92.1% 176th School enrollment, tertiary, male 3.2% 2022 up 209.7% 182nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 2.2% 2022 up 236.9% 183rd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.8305 GPI 2019 down 2.6% 181st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.6959 GPI 2022 up 8.8% 165th Secondary education, teachers, female 3,474 2019 down 18.7% 141st Primary completion rate, female 74.5% 2024 down 4.1% 152nd Primary completion rate, male 65.8% 2024 down 15.4% 169th Government expenditure on education, total 2.7% 2022 up 8.7% 159th Secondary education, general pupils 1.04 million 2018 up 63.6% 63rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 24.4% 2024 up 6.9% 181st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 54.1% 2013 up 59.8% 165th Government expenditure on education, total 16.0% 2024 down 3.6% 48th Secondary education, general pupils 49.5% 2018 up 8.6% 118th Lower secondary completion rate, female 24.4% 2024 up 13.7% 181st Lower secondary completion rate, male 24.4% 2024 up 0.8% 180th Children out of school 2.1% 2022 up 117.2% 123rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 4.75 million 2024 up 15.9% 35th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 1.16 million 2023 up 36.1% 69th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 54.6% 2013 up 68.9% 147th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 53.5% 2013 up 50.9% 149th Secondary education, vocational pupils 2,525 1996 up 38.9% 154th Number of under-five deaths, male 17,920 2024 down 10.2% 33rd Number of under-five deaths, female 14,257 2024 down 12.1% 34th Number of infant deaths, male 14,134 2024 up 1.7% 32nd Number of infant deaths, female 11,083 2024 up 1.5% 32nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 20.7% 1996 down 23.8% 171st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 130.6% 2018 down 15.2% 17th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.1% 2025 up 2.4% 98th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.2% 2025 up 2.4% 110th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.0% 2025 up 2.6% 91st Primary education, teachers 47.1% 2024 up 13.5% 176th Repeaters, primary, total 19.5% 2014 up 8.6% 7th Persistence to grade 5, total 71.7% 2018 up 41.4% 139th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2,737 2024 up 3.6% 36th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 3,234 2024 down 2.5% 45th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 4,443 2024 up 2.6% 40th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3,567 2024 down 23.5% 31st Page 1 of 3 Next →