What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Ghana and Malaysia?

15,000 number, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Malaysia?

50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Malaysia: School age population, tertiary education, male

Ghana

1.47 million number

in 2019

Malaysia

1.46 million number

in 2019

Ghana rank

37th

Malaysia rank

40th

School age population, tertiary education, male over time

Ghana
Malaysia

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 1.47 million number against 1.46 million number in Malaysia, a difference of 15,000 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malaysia ahead.

Ghana ranks 37th and Malaysia ranks 40th of 203 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	422,700 number	596,005 number	173,306 number	Malaysia
1980s	611,930 number	805,678 number	193,748 number	Malaysia
1990s	814,346 number	960,913 number	146,566 number	Malaysia
2000s	1.03 million number	1.27 million number	237,825 number	Malaysia
2010s	1.35 million number	1.47 million number	121,688 number	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, male, Ghana or Malaysia?: Ghana, at 1.47 million number against 1.46 million number in Malaysia as of 2019.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, male between Ghana and Malaysia?: 15,000 number, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Malaysia?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Ghana and Malaysia rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, male?: Ghana ranks 37th and Malaysia ranks 40th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.