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Education > Primary education Stats: compare key data on Malawi & United States

Definitions

  • Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Pupils > Per capita: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Pupils per 1000: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Teachers per 1000: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Malawi United States HISTORY
Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 132nd. The same as United States
6 years
Ranked 54th.

Pupils 2.87 million
Ranked 26th.
24.56 million
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Malawi

Pupils > % female 50.24% female
Ranked 4th. 4% more than United States
48.08% female
Ranked 104th.

Pupils > Per capita 0.223 per capita
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States
0.084 per capita
Ranked 115th.

Pupils per 1000 221.9
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States
83.88
Ranked 115th.

Teachers 22,942
Ranked 76th.
1.73 million
Ranked 3rd. 75 times more than Malawi

Teachers > % female 37.28% female
Ranked 76th.
88.58% female
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Malawi

Teachers > Per capita 2.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 123th.
5.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th. 2 times more than Malawi

Teachers per 1000 2.38
Ranked 124th.
5.9
Ranked 45th. 2 times more than Malawi

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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