Qualified primary teachers in Malawi
In Malawi, 94.8% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024.
Malawi, 2024
94.8%
Change from 2013
+4.0percentage points
Position in 2024
37th of 79
Qualified primary teachers in Malawi over time
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Malawi
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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malawi |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.8% |
| 2013 | 90.8% |
| 2012 | 91.6%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2011 | 88.4% |
| 2010 | 95.9% |
| 2008 | 87.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2007 | 88.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- The previous available figure was 90.8% in 2013, a change of +4.0 percentage points.
- Since 1999, when it was 53.5%, the figure has changed by +41.2 percentage points.
- Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 37th highest value.
More for Malawi
All statistics for Malawi
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
Out-of-school adolescents
25.3%
2024 · UNESCO UIS