Malawi vs South Africa

Malawi vs South Africa: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 5.5 years in Malawi and 5.6 years in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in South Africa, by 0.1 years, or 1.02 times that in Malawi.

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years · World Bank

Malawi vs South Africa: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 5.5 years in Malawi and 5.6 years in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in South Africa, by 0.1 years, or 1.02 times that in Malawi.
MalawiSouth Africa

What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Malawi.
  • In 2020, Malawi ranked 139 and South Africa ranked 138 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearMalawiSouth Africa
20205.55.6
20185.55.6
20175.45.1
20105.16.2

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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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