Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Malaysia
Malaysia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.9631 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia stood at 0.9631 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia peaked at 0.9631 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5645 GPIA, in 1980.
Malaysia ranks 74th of 132 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.5645 GPIA | — |
| 1991 | 0.7631 GPIA | +35.2% |
| 1996 | 0.8002 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8447 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8595 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9046 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9126 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9487 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9567 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9631 GPIA | +0.7% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.9631 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9818 GPIA, 98% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.9631 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9451 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5645 GPIA | 0.5645 GPIA | 0.5645 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7817 GPIA | 0.7631 GPIA | 0.8002 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8696 GPIA | 0.8447 GPIA | 0.9046 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9393 GPIA | 0.9126 GPIA | 0.9567 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9631 GPIA | 0.9631 GPIA | 0.9631 GPIA | 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 0.9631 GPIA 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 0.9631 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5645 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Malaysia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Malaysia ranks 74th out of 132 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 5.5%. 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release