Primary completion rate, total in Malawi
Malawi: Primary completion rate, total was 70.1% in 2024. β² Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Malawi, 1974β2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, total in Malawi is 70.1%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Malawi peaked at 86.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 21.3%, in 1974.
Malawi ranks 161st of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.0% | 21.3% | 32.9% | 6 |
| 1980s | 32.9% | 28.2% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.7% | 30.8% | 66.2% | 8 |
| 2000s | 64.4% | 60.7% | 69.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.6% | 65.9% | 77.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 74.8% | 68.4% | 86.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 158 Congo, Republic of 71.1% compare
- 159 Solomon Islands 70.5% compare
- 160 Nigeria 70.2% compare
- 162 Gabon 67.7% compare
- 163 Andorra, Principality of 67.4% compare
- 164 Lebanon 67.3% compare
More aid effectiveness data for Malawi
- Net official development assistance received 1.73 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 43.98 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Norway 51.76 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total 853.56 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United States 431.21 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF 14.76 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP 13.38 million current US$ (2022)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 1.73 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 1.73 billion constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 239,066 current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Malawi?
- Primary completion rate, total in Malawi was 70.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 86.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.3% in 1974.
- How does Malawi rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Malawi ranks 161st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.