Education and Work (v2.1)

Educational attendance
Educational attendance children 21-23
Subnational regions
Malawi
All years

Educational attendance children 21-23

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Malawi (Africa)  
Total 10.6 10.9 11.3 11.7 12.0 12.4 12.8 13.1 13.5 12.5 11.4 10.4 9.35 9.86 10.4 10.9 11.4 11.9 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.5 12.7 13.0 13.2 13.4 13.7 13.9 14.2
Blantyre 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6
Blantyre 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7
Blantyre 3.99 5.57 7.15 8.73 10.3 11.9 13.5 15.1 16.6 18.2 19.0 19.9 20.7 21.5 22.3 23.2 21.7 20.3 18.9 17.5 16.1 14.7 13.3
Kasungu 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0
Kasungu 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3
Kasungu 5.10 6.06 7.03 7.99 8.96 9.92 10.9 11.9 12.8 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.6 12.5 12.4
Lilongwe 7.02 7.02 7.02 7.02 7.02
Lilongwe 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.7
Lilongwe 8.60 8.73 8.85 8.98 9.11 9.23 9.36 9.49 9.61 9.74 10.3 10.9 11.6 12.2 12.8 13.4 13.8 14.3 14.7 15.2 15.7 16.1 16.6
Machinga 5.67 5.67 5.67 5.67 5.67
Machinga 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.23
Machinga 9.39 8.89 8.40 7.90 7.41 6.91 6.42 5.92 5.43 4.93 5.55 6.17 6.80 7.42 8.04 8.66 9.42 10.2 10.9 11.7 12.5 13.2 14.0
Mangochi 3.81 3.81 3.81 3.81 3.81
Mangochi 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49 7.49
Mangochi 5.72 5.69 5.66 5.63 5.60 5.57 5.55 5.52 5.49 5.46 6.20 6.94 7.68 8.41 9.15 9.89 9.20 8.52 7.83 7.14 6.45 5.77 5.08
Mulanje 6.12 6.12 6.12 6.12 6.12
Mulanje 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1
Mulanje 11.4 11.2 11.1 10.9 10.7 10.6 10.4 10.3 10.1 9.93 10.8 11.6 12.4 13.3 14.1 14.9 14.5 14.1 13.7 13.3 12.8 12.4 12.0
Mzimba 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2
Mzimba 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2
Mzimba 9.26 10.0 10.8 11.6 12.3 13.1 13.9 14.7 15.4 16.2 15.9 15.7 15.4 15.2 14.9 14.7 14.2 13.8 13.4 13.0 12.6 12.2 11.8
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3
Other central (Nkhota Kota, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Dedza, Ntcheu) 9.10 9.20 9.31 9.41 9.52 9.62 9.73 9.83 9.94 10.0 9.88 9.72 9.56 9.39 9.23 9.07 9.02 8.98 8.93 8.88 8.83 8.79 8.74
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 16.9 16.9 16.9 16.9 16.9
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 31.4 31.4 31.4 31.4 31.4 31.4 31.4 31.4 31.4
Other northern (Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay) 3.82 5.33 6.84 8.35 9.86 11.4 12.9 14.4 15.9 17.4 17.2 16.9 16.7 16.4 16.2 15.9 17.5 19.1 20.6 22.2 23.8 25.3 26.9
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje) 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2
Other southern (Balaka, Mwanza, Phalombe, Chiradzulu, Chikwawa, Nsanje, neno) 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.5 10.4 11.5 12.6 13.7 14.8 15.9 16.9 18.0
Salima 7.69 7.69 7.69 7.69 7.69
Salima 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.52
Salima 1.40 3.13 4.86 6.59 8.32 10.1 11.8 13.5 15.2 17.0 15.7 14.4 13.1 11.8 10.5 9.23 9.79 10.3 10.9 11.5 12.0 12.6 13.1
Thyolo 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26
Thyolo 7.32 7.32 7.32 7.32 7.32 7.32 7.32 7.32 7.32
Thyolo 5.94 6.57 7.19 7.82 8.45 9.07 9.70 10.3 11.0 11.6 11.3 11.1 10.9 10.6 10.4 10.1 11.4 12.6 13.9 15.1 16.3 17.6 18.8
Zomba 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3
Zomba 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6
Zomba 6.00 7.71 9.43 11.1 12.9 14.6 16.3 18.0 19.7 21.4 19.7 18.1 16.4 14.7 13.0 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.9
Lighter numbers are estimates