Malawi 2015-16

Table A-2.12.2 Educational attainment of the male household population: Districts
Percent distribution of the de facto male 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 3.5 60.0 11.5 15.1 7.5 2.2 0.2 100.0 506 5.6
Karonga 2.5 66.5 5.1 15.9 6.6 3.4 0.1 100.0 1,021 5.1
Likoma 2.7 58.5 5.4 16.4 12.5 3.6 1.0 100.0 37 5.7
Mzimba 4.3 62.0 8.6 14.1 7.5 3.1 0.3 100.0 2,964 5.2
Nkhata Bay 3.7 68.4 6.5 12.6 5.5 3.3 0.1 100.0 696 4.4
Rumphi 2.3 55.7 7.5 18.7 11.5 3.9 0.4 100.0 581 6.2
Total 3.7 62.7 7.9 14.8 7.5 3.2 0.2 100.0 5,804 5.3
Central
Dedza 11.7 74.8 4.2 5.6 2.6 0.8 0.3 100.0 1,969 2.3
Dowa 9.9 67.1 6.9 9.2 5.2 1.4 0.1 100.0 2,135 3.7
Kasungu 5.4 66.8 7.9 11.4 6.3 1.7 0.4 100.0 1,977 4.3
Lilongwe 5.4 60.2 5.8 11.9 9.6 6.5 0.5 100.0 6,660 4.6
Mchinji 9.0 69.8 4.5 10.8 4.5 1.2 0.2 100.0 1,393 3.5
Nkhotakota 8.3 63.1 6.9 11.9 6.8 2.2 0.8 100.0 1,032 4.0
Ntcheu 6.8 65.6 6.6 11.9 7.1 1.4 0.5 100.0 1,630 4.1
Ntchisi 9.1 68.0 6.7 8.1 6.1 1.6 0.4 100.0 870 3.4
Salima 13.7 71.9 3.5 5.7 3.1 1.5 0.7 100.0 1,352 2.3
Total 7.9 65.7 5.9 10.2 6.7 3.2 0.4 100.0 19,018 3.8
Southern
Balaka 10.0 66.9 6.4 10.2 4.8 1.5 0.2 100.0 1,147 3.4
Blantyre 4.8 49.7 6.7 18.4 13.3 6.2 0.8 100.0 3,385 6.3
Chikhwawa 15.6 61.5 5.8 10.0 5.1 1.7 0.3 100.0 1,574 3.3
Chiradzulu 4.3 71.4 3.8 13.6 4.8 1.6 0.5 100.0 991 4.2
Machinga 13.6 72.5 4.7 5.6 2.6 0.8 0.2 100.0 1,608 2.6
Mangochi 17.0 67.1 4.4 6.0 3.6 0.9 1.0 100.0 2,901 2.0
Mulanje 4.8 74.4 4.6 10.7 4.0 1.4 0.1 100.0 2,051 3.8
Mwanza 10.6 65.0 4.9 11.7 5.9 1.8 0.2 100.0 355 3.2
Neno 8.5 69.1 5.4 10.0 5.6 1.0 0.4 100.0 442 3.6
Nsanje 10.9 66.7 3.2 10.0 5.5 3.2 0.4 100.0 745 3.3
Phalombe 4.9 76.1 5.7 8.4 3.6 0.9 0.4 100.0 1,230 3.4
Thyolo 9.0 66.7 6.6 11.0 4.9 1.7 0.2 100.0 2,062 3.9
Zomba 6.1 66.7 7.0 11.4 6.7 2.0 0.1 100.0 2,495 3.8
Total 9.2 65.6 5.6 10.9 6.0 2.2 0.4 100.0 20,986 3.7
Total 7.9 65.3 6.0 11.1 6.5 2.8 0.4 100.0 45,807 3.9
1
Completed 8th grade at the primary level
2
Completed 4th grade at the secondary level
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