Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia
Malaysia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 18.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling
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/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia stood at 18.2%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia peaked at 36.6% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 2010.
Malaysia ranks 79th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 23.4% | — |
| 1965 | 28.2% | +20.8% |
| 1970 | 34.5% | +22.4% |
| 1975 | 36.6% | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 35.0% | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 33.0% | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 36.4% | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 26.5% | -27.2% |
| 2000 | 22.2% | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 20.3% | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 18.2% | -10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.8% | 23.4% | 28.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 35.6% | 34.5% | 36.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 34.0% | 33.0% | 35.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 31.4% | 26.5% | 36.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.2% | 20.3% | 22.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.2% | 18.2% | 18.2% | 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 18.2% 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 36.6% in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 2010.
- 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 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)