Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. in Malaysia
Malaysia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. was 23.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. 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 population age 25+ with primary schooling. in Malaysia stood at 23.0%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. in Malaysia peaked at 44.4% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 2010.
That places Malaysia 73rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 population age 25+ with primary schooling. in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 32.7% | — |
| 1965 | 36.9% | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 40.2% | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 42.8% | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 44.4% | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 41.1% | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 36.8% | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 32.0% | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 28.3% | -11.5% |
| 2005 | 25.6% | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 23.0% | -10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.8% | 32.7% | 36.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 41.5% | 40.2% | 42.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 42.7% | 41.1% | 44.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 34.4% | 32.0% | 36.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 27.0% | 25.6% | 28.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 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 population age 25+ with primary schooling. in Malaysia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. in Malaysia was 23.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 44.4% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 2010.
- How does Malaysia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling.?
- Malaysia ranks 73rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. 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 population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)