Kenya vs Malawi

Kenya vs Malawi: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.5 years in Kenya and 5.5 years in Malawi, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3 years, or 1.54 times that in Malawi.

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years · World Bank

Kenya vs Malawi: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 8.5 years in Kenya and 5.5 years in Malawi, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3 years, or 1.54 times that in Malawi.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
  • In 2020, Kenya ranked 74 and Malawi ranked 139 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearKenyaMalawi
20208.55.5
20188.45.5
20177.85.4
2010–5.1

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Good to know

  • The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
  • Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.

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