Lower secondary completion in Malawi

In Malawi, 23.1% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2020.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2020 Source: UNESCO UIS
Malawi, 2020 23.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2015 +0.9percentage points 2015: 22.2%

Lower secondary completion in Malawi over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2020
Period Malawi
2020 23.1%
2015 22.2%
2014 21.8%
2010 25.8%
2008 24.5%
2006 25.2%
2004 22.5%
2000 16.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 22.2% in 2015, a change of +0.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 16.0%, the figure has changed by +7.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2020 for Malawi
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org