Malawi's adult literacy rose from 48.5 % in 1987 to 70.2 % in 2020.
Malawi's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 91.8 % in 1993 to 139.0 % in 2024.
Malawi · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
39th of 43 · 5th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Malawi's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 59.0 % in 1987 to 80.7 % in 2020.
Malawi's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 19.6 % in 1992 to 36.6 % in 2023.
Malawi's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.4 % in 1985 to 2.7 % in 2022.
Malawi's children out of school, primary rose from 38,412 in 1999 to 70,758 in 2022.
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- Primary completion rateup +1.8 pts102nd of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.4 pts86th of 87*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −0.8 pts91st of 96*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs173rd of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs133rd of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.6 pts129th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)unchanged +0.0 pts37th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −15.6 %89th of 90
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