Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia
Malaysia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 80.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 80.6% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malaysia peaked at 80.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21.3%, in 1980.
Malaysia ranks 61st of 134 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 education or in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 21.3% | — |
| 1991 | 36.8% | +73.2% |
| 1996 | 49.7% | +35.0% |
| 2000 | 56.5% | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 46.5% | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 66.9% | +44.0% |
| 2010 | 68.2% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 74.2% | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 76.8% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 80.6% | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 43.3% | 36.8% | 49.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 56.6% | 46.5% | 66.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 73.1% | 68.2% | 76.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 80.6% | 80.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 273,792 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 90.36 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 90.4% (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 80.6% 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 80.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.3% in 1980.
- How does Malaysia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Malaysia ranks 61st out of 134 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 18.1%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release