School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi
Malawi: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index was 0.6959 GPI in 2022. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi, 1980–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi is 0.6959 GPI, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi peaked at 1.13 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2069 GPI, in 1989.
Malawi ranks 165th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2723 GPI | 0.2069 GPI | 0.3384 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3412 GPI | 0.2849 GPI | 0.4135 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.4389 GPI | 0.3695 GPI | 0.4962 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7183 GPI | 0.5659 GPI | 1.13 GPI | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.6609 GPI | 0.6327 GPI | 0.6959 GPI | 3 |
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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, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi?
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Malawi was 0.6959 GPI in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2069 GPI in 1989.
- How does Malawi rank for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index?
- Malawi ranks 165th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.