Malaysia vs UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in
Malaysia
16.5%
in 2024
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
23.4%
in 2024
Malaysia rank
102nd
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean rank
104th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time
- Malaysia
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean
How they compare
UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean currently reports 23.4% against 16.5% in Malaysia, a difference of 6.9%.
That makes UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean's figure about 1.4 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1998 it was UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ahead.
Malaysia ranks 102nd and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ranks 104th of 168 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.5% | 23.2% | 5.7% | UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 18.0% | 0.1% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 21.7% | 2.6% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 23.1% | 5.4% | UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Malaysia or UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean, at 23.4% against 16.5% in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Malaysia and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- 6.9%, with UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Malaysia ranks 102nd and UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean ranks 104th of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release