Gross school enrollment of females in primary education rose 2.70% to 147% in Malawi in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, gross school enrollment of females in primary education in Malawi reached an all time high of 149% in 2014 and an all time low of 36.6% in 1972.
Malawi has been ranked 1st within the group of 126 countries we follow in terms of gross school enrollment of females in primary education, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Gross School Enrollment, Female (Primary Education) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Angola | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 86.0% | ... | ... | 87.6% | 85.2% | ... | ||||||||
| Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 103% | 108% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 107% | ... | 112% | 116% | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 98.1% | 76.2% | 90.1% | 91.8% | 96.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 94.2% | 91.9% | 86.5% | 84.2% | 82.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 136% | 140% | 137% | 129% | 129% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 111% | 114% | 116% | 113% | 116% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 122% | 122% | 120% | 119% | 118% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 98.7% | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.3% | 99.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | ... | 118% | 118% | ... | ... | 113% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 95.7% | 98.3% | 99.6% | 100% | 92.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 98.7% | 97.4% | 96.0% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 93.8% | 93.5% | 94.0% | 93.2% | 93.6% |