Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Malaysia
Malaysia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female was 13.1 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Malaysia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Malaysia is 13.1, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Malaysia peaked at 13.1 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.87, in 1960.
Malaysia ranks 9th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.87 | — |
| 1965 | 3.24 | +12.9% |
| 1970 | 5.16 | +59.3% |
| 1975 | 6.15 | +19.2% |
| 1980 | 7.87 | +28.0% |
| 1985 | 8.66 | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 10.32 | +19.2% |
| 1995 | 10.62 | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 11.73 | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 12.46 | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 13.1 | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.06 | 2.87 | 3.24 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.66 | 5.16 | 6.15 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.27 | 7.87 | 8.66 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.47 | 10.32 | 10.62 | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.1 | 11.73 | 12.46 | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 475,967 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 460,041 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.64 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.06 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0859 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Malaysia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female in Malaysia was 13.1 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.87 in 1960.
- How does Malaysia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female?
- Malaysia ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of education completed among females age 20-24.