Primary net enrolment in Malawi
In Malawi, 99.6% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Malawi, 2023
99.6%
Change from 2022
+1.7percentage points
Position in 2023
26th of 157
Primary net enrolment in Malawi over time
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Malawi
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 99.6% |
| 2022 | 97.9% |
| 2021 | 97.8% |
| 2019 | 99.3% |
| 2018 | 98.4% |
| 2017 | 98.8%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2016 | 99.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2015 | 99.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2014 | 99.4% |
| 2013 | 99.3%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2009 | 99.0% |
| 2008 | 98.7% |
| 2007 | 96.7% |
| 2006 | 98.7% |
| 2005 | 99.2% |
| 2004 | 99.2% |
| 2002 | 97.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 97.9% in 2022.
- Since 2009, when it was 99.0%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
- Among the 157 countries with data for 2023, Malawi has the 26th highest value.
More for Malawi
All statistics for Malawi
Out-of-school children
2.1%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
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