Malawi vs South Sudan

Malawi vs South Sudan: Learning-adjusted schooling

Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 5.5 years in Malawi and 2.5 years in South Sudan, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Malawi, by 3 years, or 2.19 times that in South Sudan.

Change since 2017, years · World Bank

Malawi vs South Sudan: Learning-adjusted schoolingLearning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 5.5 years in Malawi and 2.5 years in South Sudan, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Malawi, by 3 years, or 2.19 times that in South Sudan.
MalawiSouth Sudan

Latest figures

years · World Bank

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2020
Malawi5.5 20205.1139 of 174
South Sudan2.5 2020—173 of 174

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
  • In 2020, Malawi ranked 139 and South Sudan ranked 173 of 174 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

years · World Bank

YearMalawiSouth Sudan
20205.52.5
20185.52.5
20175.42.3
20105.1–

Each country on its own

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time