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UIS STATISTICS IN BRIEF
  Education in Malawi Education - all levels 
  Sub-Saharan Africa
  General information
  2007
Total population (000)
  13 925
Annual population growth rate (%) *
 (2006) 2.6
Population 0-14 years (%)
  43
Rural population (%) *
 (2006) 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman) *
 (2006) 5.7
Infant mortality rate (0/00) *
 (2006) 76
Life expectancy at birth (years) *
 (2006) 48
HIV rate (%) in adults (15-49 years) *
 (2005) 14.1
Poverty (% of pop. on less than $2 a day) *
  ...
GDP per capita (PPP) US$  *
 (2006) 700
GDP growth rate (%) *
 (2006) 7.4
Total debt service as a % of GNI *
 (2006) 2.9
Children of primary school-age who are out-of-school  (%)
  15
* World Bank World Development Indicators

  Participation in education
Percentages of children in school are represented by Gross Enrolment Ratios (GER) and Net Enrolment Ratios (NER). GER is the number of pupils enrolled in a given level of education regardless of age expressed as a percentage of the population in the theoretical age group for that level of education. NER is the number of pupils in the theoretical age group who are enrolled expressed as a percentage of the same population.
Pre-primary enrolment
Pre-primary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007
Regional average
GER
(%) 		MF
  ...
  -
  -
  -
  16
M
  ...
  -
  -
  -
  16
F
  ...
  -
  -
  -
  16
Primary enrolment
88% of girls and 82% of boys are in primary school
Primary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007
Regional average
 GER
(%) 		MF
  ...
 (c) 136
  131
  113
  98
M
  ...
 (c) 139
  133
  111
  103
F
  ...
 (c) 133
  129
  115
  93
  NER 
(%) 		 MF
  ...
 (c) 98
  ...
  85
 (**) 74
M
  ...
 (c) 99
  ...
  82
 (**) 76
F
  ...
 (c) 97
  ...
  88
 (**) 71
Secondary enrolment
22% of girls and 25% of boys are in secondary school
Secondary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007
Regional average
GER
(%) 		MF
  ...
  36
 (**) 31
  28
  33
M
  ...
  43
 (**) 35
  30
  37
F
  ...
  30
 (**) 27
  25
  29
NER
(%) 		 MF
  ...
  29
 (**) 27
  23
  ...
M
  ...
  32
 (**) 29
  25
  ...
F
  ...
  26
 (**) 24
  22
  ...
Tertiary enrolment
Tertiary 1991 1999 2002 2007 2007
Regional average
GER
(%) 		 MF
  ...
  -
 (*) -
  -
  ...
M
  ...
  -
 (**) 1
  1
  ...
F
  ...
  -
 (**) -
  -
  ...

  Progression and completion in education
 2007
School life expectancy ISCED 1-6 (years)
 (**) 8.9
Percentage of repeaters, primary (%)
  21
Survival rate to grade 5 (%)
  70
Gross intake rate to last grade of primary (%)
  54
Primary to secondary transition rate (%)
  77
54% of children complete a full course of primary

  Resources for education
 2007
Pupil / teacher ratio (primary)
 (**) 89
Public expenditure on education :
     as % of GDP
 (2003) 4.2
     as % of total government expenditure
 (1999) 24.6
Distribution of public expenditure per level (%) - 2003 :
     pre-primary
  -
     primary
  63
     secondary
  10
     tertiary
  ...
     unknown
  5
24.6% of government spending goes to education

 Literacy rates
Literacy rates 1987 2007 2007
Regional average
  Adult
(15+)
% 		MF
  48.5
 (**) 71.8
  62.3
M
  65.3
 (**) 79.2
  71.2
F
  33.5
 (**) 64.6
  54.0
  Youth 
(15-24)
% 		 MF
  59.0
 (**) 83.0
  72.0
M
  70.4
 (**) 83.7
  77.1
F
  49.1
 (**) 82.3
  67.3
71.8% of adults and 83.0% of youth are literate
Symbols used :
Footnotes:
All the education statistics, with the exception of the literacy data, refer to the year 2007 unless otherwise noted. For more information on rates of out-of-school children, or other indicators see the online education glossary.
** UIS estimation
* National Estimation
c Policy change: Introduction of free universal primary education.