ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) vs Malaysia: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
98.2%
in 2024
Malaysia
96.5%
in 2022
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
30th
Malaysia rank
31st

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female over time

  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) currently reports 98.2% against 96.5% in Malaysia, a difference of 1.7%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1980 it was ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 30th and Malaysia ranks 31st of 203 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) averaged higher in 4 and Malaysia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) Malaysia Difference Ahead
1980s 53.4% 51.6% 1.8% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
1990s 72.8% 74.9% 2.2% Malaysia
2000s 89.5% 85.5% 4.0% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2010s 96.8% 95.2% 1.6% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2020s 97.9% 96.5% 1.5% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female, ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) or Malaysia?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), at 98.2% against 96.5% in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female between ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Malaysia?
1.7%, with ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Malaysia?
9 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Malaysia rank globally for literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 30th and Malaysia ranks 31st of 203 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
291 places, 9,624 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release