Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Malaysia
Malaysia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 12.88 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total 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, total in Malaysia is 12.88, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Malaysia peaked at 12.88 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.16, in 1960.
Malaysia ranks 7th 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, total in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.16 | — |
| 1965 | 4.57 | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 6.24 | +36.5% |
| 1975 | 6.4 | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 8.49 | +32.7% |
| 1985 | 9.16 | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 10.31 | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 10.56 | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 11.5 | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 12.2 | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 12.88 | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.37 | 4.16 | 4.57 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.32 | 6.24 | 6.4 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.82 | 8.49 | 9.16 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.44 | 10.31 | 10.56 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.85 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.88 | 12.88 | 12.88 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 936,008 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 191,898 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 81,894 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 660,174 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Malaysia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Malaysia was 12.88 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, total recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.88 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.16 in 1960.
- How does Malaysia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Malaysia ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of education completed among people age 20-24.