School enrollment, secondary, female in Malawi
Malawi: School enrollment, secondary, female was 34.8% in 2018. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary, female in Malawi, 1999–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 34.8% for school enrollment, secondary, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary, female in Malawi peaked at 34.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 21.7%, in 2005.
That places Malawi 136th out of 152 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.1% | 26.1% | 26.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 24.2% | 21.7% | 26.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 31.6% | 28.4% | 34.8% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 133 Djibouti 37.3% compare
- 134 Afghanistan 36.7% compare
- 135 Cambodia 36.7% compare
- 137 Pakistan 34.2% compare
- 138 Mauritania 31.7% compare
- 139 Burkina Faso 31.7% compare
More education data for Malawi
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 139.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 87,834 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 140.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 137.3% (2024)
- Labor force, female 48.4% (2025)
- Labor force, total 8.32 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, secondary, female in Malawi?
- School enrollment, secondary, female in Malawi was 34.8% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, secondary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary, female recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.7% in 2005.
- How does Malawi rank for school enrollment, secondary, female?
- Malawi ranks 136th out of 152 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school enrollment, secondary, female rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, secondary, female (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.