Upper secondary completion in Malawi

In Malawi, 15.5% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2020.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2020 Source: UNESCO UIS
Malawi, 2020 15.5% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2015 +1.4percentage points 2015: 14.0%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2020
Period Malawi
2020 15.5%
2015 14.0%
2014 10.5%
2010 15.4%
2008 13.7%
2006 20.3%
2004 13.2%
2000 9.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 14.0% in 2015, a change of +1.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 9.3%, the figure has changed by +6.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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