Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Malawi
Gross tertiary enrolment in Malawi was 2.7% in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1973.
Malawi, 2022
2.7%
Change from 2021
+0.3percentage points
World, 2022
42.0%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Malawi over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 43.6% |
| 2023 | – | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | – | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | – | 37.5% |
| 2016 | – | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | – | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | – | 28.3% |
| 2008 | – | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 2.4% in 2021.
- Since 2006, when it was 0.5%, the figure has changed by +2.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 42.0%.
More for Malawi
All statistics for Malawi
Primary school enrolment (gross)
139.0%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
21.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
49.3%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
23.1%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
15.5%
2020 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
2.1%
2022 · UNESCO UIS