Educational attainment rate … Educational lower location LPIA in Malaysia
Malaysia: Educational attainment rate … Educational lower location LPIA was 0.7846 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.7846 LPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
48th
of 95 countries
All-time high
0.7846 LPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.4997 LPIA
in 1991
Years of data
8
1991–2022
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia, 1991–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 0.7846 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia peaked at 0.7846 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4997 LPIA, in 1991.
Malaysia ranks 48th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate … Educational lower location LPIA in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4997 LPIA | — |
| 1996 | 0.6108 LPIA | +22.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5964 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7311 LPIA | +22.6% |
| 2010 | 0.7351 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7381 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7826 LPIA | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7846 LPIA | +0.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.7846 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7121 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.7846 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.7846 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5553 LPIA | 0.4997 LPIA | 0.6108 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6638 LPIA | 0.5964 LPIA | 0.7311 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.7519 LPIA | 0.7351 LPIA | 0.7826 LPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.7846 LPIA | 0.7846 LPIA | 0.7846 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 88.9 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 88.03 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia was 0.7846 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7846 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4997 LPIA in 1991.
- How does Malaysia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Malaysia ranks 48th out of 95 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release