Malawi 2015-16

Table A-2.12.1 Educational attainment of the female household population: Districts
Percent distribution of the de facto female household population age 6 and over by highest level of schooling attended or completed and
median years completed, according to district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
No
education
Some
primary
Completed
primary 1
Some
secondary
Completed
secondary
2
More than
secondary
Don’t
know/
missing Total Number
Median
years
completed
Northern
Chitipa 8.5 65.3 11.2 11.2 2.7 1.0 0.0 100.0 519 4.6
Karonga 7.5 72.1 5.4 10.1 3.4 1.4 0.0 100.0 1,019 4.4
Likoma 4.8 65.1 7.4 14.2 6.4 1.4 0.7 100.0 39 5.2
Mzimba 6.7 66.5 10.1 10.6 3.8 2.0 0.2 100.0 3,185 4.6
Nkhata Bay 9.6 70.2 6.6 9.3 2.9 1.2 0.2 100.0 734 3.7
Rumphi 3.5 61.4 11.3 17.0 4.7 1.6 0.4 100.0 592 5.8
Total 7.0 67.3 9.1 11.1 3.7 1.7 0.2 100.0 6,089 4.6
Central
Dedza 20.5 71.6 2.5 3.9 0.8 0.6 0.1 100.0 2,222 1.7
Dowa 14.6 68.4 6.2 7.4 2.6 0.8 0.1 100.0 2,231 3.0
Kasungu 10.9 68.5 6.4 9.9 3.2 1.1 0.1 100.0 1,992 3.6
Lilongwe 9.8 64.1 4.1 11.0 5.5 5.3 0.2 100.0 7,414 3.6
Mchinji 13.5 72.6 3.4 7.8 1.7 0.8 0.1 100.0 1,445 2.6
Nkhotakota 17.3 63.4 5.6 9.1 3.7 0.8 0.1 100.0 1,113 2.8
Ntcheu 8.6 74.0 5.5 8.4 2.3 1.0 0.2 100.0 1,864 3.6
Ntchisi 12.7 72.9 4.4 6.7 2.5 0.9 0.1 100.0 895 2.8
Salima 23.0 68.6 1.9 4.0 1.8 0.6 0.1 100.0 1,491 1.5
Total 13.2 68.0 4.4 8.5 3.4 2.4 0.1 100.0 20,667 3.0
Southern
Balaka 14.6 68.2 5.1 8.6 2.3 1.0 0.2 100.0 1,316 3.1
Blantyre 7.0 53.2 7.0 18.4 10.0 4.1 0.3 100.0 3,544 5.7
Chikhwawa 29.5 59.7 2.6 5.9 1.7 0.6 0.0 100.0 1,515 1.7
Chiradzulu 10.0 71.0 4.9 11.0 1.9 1.1 0.1 100.0 1,078 3.4
Machinga 25.1 67.0 2.3 4.0 1.2 0.3 0.0 100.0 1,866 1.7
Mangochi 26.4 64.2 3.0 4.7 1.2 0.4 0.2 100.0 3,377 1.4
Mulanje 9.5 79.9 3.5 5.4 1.2 0.4 0.0 100.0 2,391 2.9
Mwanza 20.5 64.5 3.4 7.8 2.8 1.0 0.0 100.0 359 2.4
Neno 14.9 69.9 3.9 8.3 2.3 0.7 0.0 100.0 483 2.9
Nsanje 24.0 63.3 3.7 7.0 1.2 0.7 0.2 100.0 818 1.8
Phalombe 11.6 76.8 5.3 4.9 1.1 0.3 0.2 100.0 1,377 2.6
Thyolo 16.3 66.9 4.7 8.7 2.6 0.6 0.1 100.0 2,372 3.1
Zomba 11.3 69.6 5.5 8.8 3.8 0.9 0.0 100.0 2,754 3.3
Total 16.3 66.4 4.4 8.5 3.2 1.1 0.1 100.0 23,249 2.9
Total 13.9 67.1 5.0 8.8 3.3 1.7 0.1 100.0 50,005 3.1
1
Completed 8th grade at the primary level
2
Completed 4th grade at the secondary level
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