Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia
Malaysia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 11.3% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia is 11.3%, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia peaked at 19.6% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 1960.
Malaysia ranks 79th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.1% | — |
| 1965 | 10.3% | +27.7% |
| 1970 | 15.3% | +48.8% |
| 1975 | 17.8% | +16.4% |
| 1980 | 19.6% | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 18.8% | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 14.8% | -21.5% |
| 1995 | 16.1% | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 13.7% | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 12.6% | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 11.3% | -10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.2% | 8.1% | 10.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 16.6% | 15.3% | 17.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 19.2% | 18.8% | 19.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 15.4% | 14.8% | 16.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 217,105 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia was 11.3% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 1960.
- How does Malaysia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Malaysia ranks 79th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary