Malaysia vs UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes

Malaysia
1.91 years
in 2024
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
2.09 years
in 2024
Malaysia rank
102nd
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank
100th

School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes over time

  • Malaysia
  • UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
00.511.522.5197019972024

How they compare

UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa currently reports 2.09 years against 1.91 years in Malaysia, a difference of 0.18 years.

That makes UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1979 it was UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ahead.

Malaysia ranks 102nd and UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 100th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1995 years 0.7024 years 0.5029 years UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
1980s 0.2948 years 0.7577 years 0.4628 years UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
1990s 0.6419 years 0.8572 years 0.2153 years UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
2000s 1.55 years 1.18 years 0.3639 years Malaysia
2010s 2.09 years 1.75 years 0.3374 years Malaysia
2020s 1.93 years 2.02 years 0.094 years UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes, Malaysia or UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, at 2.09 years against 1.91 years in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes between Malaysia and UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
0.18 years, with UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
43 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes?
Malaysia ranks 102nd and UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 100th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malaysia vs UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-both-sexes-years-2/malaysia/unicef-middle-east-and-north-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-tertiary-both-sexes-years-2/malaysia/unicef-middle-east-and-north-africa/">Malaysia vs UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
417 places, 15,076 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release