Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Malaysia
Malaysia: Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA was 0.779 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.779 LPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
48th
of 95 countries
All-time high
0.779 LPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.4615 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
In 2022, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia stood at 0.779 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia peaked at 0.779 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4615 LPIA, in 1991.
Malaysia ranks 48th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4615 LPIA | — |
| 1996 | 0.5886 LPIA | +27.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5751 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7259 LPIA | +26.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7321 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7421 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.777 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 0.779 LPIA | +0.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.779 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7258 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.779 LPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.779 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.525 LPIA | 0.4615 LPIA | 0.5886 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6505 LPIA | 0.5751 LPIA | 0.7259 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.7504 LPIA | 0.7321 LPIA | 0.777 LPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.779 LPIA | 0.779 LPIA | 0.779 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 0.779 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 0.779 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4615 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 6.4%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release