Malala Yousafzai is 29 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 12 July 1997.
Pakistani campaigner for girls' education who survived a Taliban shooting and became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate at 17
Did you know?She began writing an anonymous blog for the BBC at age eleven to document life under local extremist rule.
Quick facts
Date of birth12 July 1997
Age29
NationalityPakistani
BirthplaceMingora, Pakistan
Occupationeducation activist
Editor's Take:
Malala Yousafzai became a global voice for girls' education after surviving an attempt on her life as a schoolgirl. Growing up in Pakistan's Swat Valley, she wrote an anonymous blog for the BBC about life under the Taliban, who had banned girls from attending school. In 2012, aged 15, she was shot in the head on her school bus, and the attack shocked the world. After recovering in Britain, she continued her campaign and, at 17, became the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. She went on to study at Oxford, and her Malala Fund works to help millions of girls get the schooling they are denied.
Key Milestones
2009: Blogs for the BBC about life under the Taliban
2012: Survives being shot by a Taliban gunman
2013: Speaks at the United Nations on her 16th birthday
2013: Co-founds the Malala Fund
2014: Becomes the youngest Nobel Peace laureate
2020: Graduates from Oxford
Advocate for girls' education and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
Malala Yousafzai's birthday is July 12. She was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan.
How old is Malala Yousafzai?
Malala Yousafzai is 29 years old, and turns 30 on her next birthday, July 12.
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