Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Malawi

Share of children out of school in Malawi in 2022 — 2.09%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 145. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 0.05 pp.

2022 2.09% −0.15 pp vs 2021
World rank 61of 145
Period maximum 3.29%2007
Period minimum 0.76%2005

Trend over time

1999–2022 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Malawi, 1999–2022012341999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 2.04%2004: 0.84%2005: 0.76%2006: 1.27%2007: 3.29%2008: 1.3%2009: 0.96%2021: 2.24%2022: 2.09%
Change over the period: +0.05 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 2.09%
World computed 7.01%
Share of children out of school — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 2.09 −0.15 pp
2021 2.24 —
2009 0.96 −0.34 pp
2008 1.3 −1.99 pp
2007 3.29 +2.02 pp
2006 1.27 +0.51 pp
2005 0.76 −0.08 pp
2004 0.84 —
1999 2.04 —

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.