Malawi
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Low income
Percent of population aged 10-24
34% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
3,236,006 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
2,856,102 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
42%
Source: UNSDG, 2015
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
133
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
34%
Source: DHS, 2016
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
72%
Source: DHS, 2016
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
8
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 72%
(2016)
-
Upper secondary 61%
(2016)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 52%
-
Male 43%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 21%
-
Male 23%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 13%
-
Male 15%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 5%
-
Male 6%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school
-
Female 8%
-
Male 8%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school
-
Female 37%
-
Male 24%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
CAMFED Association
Project/Program
Clean Water Wells
Project/Program
Clubs & Campus
Project/Program
Community Day Secondary School - Improving Girls' Access to Secondary Education
Project/Program
Community Grants Program
Project/Program
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Project/Program
DREAMS: Malawi Communities Investing in Education for Child Health and Safety
Project/Program
Enabling Girls to Advance Gender Equity (ENGAGE)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Enough
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary (EQUALS)
Project/Program
Essential Gender-Based Violence Services and Prevention Project in Malawi
Project/Program
Food for Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Project/Program
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls Secondary Education Initiative
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Homabay County: Business For Good (B1G1)
Project/Program
Leading Community Action for Vulnerable Girls: Young African women at the forefront of COVID-19
Project/Program
Leave No Girl Behind
Project/Program
Link's Response to COVID-19
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Project/Program
Mayi ndi Mayi Pachuma Project
Project/Program
More Than Brides Alliance: Marriage: No Child's Play
Research Project/Report/Study
Partnership for Research on Progress and Resilience in Education (PREPARE)
Project/Program
Reading for All Malawi (REFAM)
Project/Program
Safe Learning Model
Project/Program
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Project/Program
Secondary School Bursaries
Project/Program
Service-learning for WASH in schools
Project/Program
Supporting Early Childhood Development Systems - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
Project/Program
TEAM Girl Malawi (Transformational Empowerment of Adolescent Marginalised Girls in Malawi)
Research Project/Report/Study
Tega
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of Increased Access to Family Planning on Fertility and Health in Malawi
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Project/Program
Women in Science (WiSci)
Project/Program
World Teacher
Project/Program
Youth Enterprise
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth Think Tank
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Zathu