Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia
Malaysia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 93.5% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia peaked at 93.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 32.3%, in 1980.
That places Malaysia 68th out of 135 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 primary education or higher in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 32.3% | — |
| 1991 | 54.6% | +69.1% |
| 1996 | 63.2% | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 80.0% | +26.6% |
| 2005 | 75.8% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 87.2% | +15.0% |
| 2010 | 88.0% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 91.9% | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 92.6% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 93.5% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.3% | 32.3% | 32.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 58.9% | 54.6% | 63.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 81.0% | 75.8% | 87.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 90.8% | 88.0% | 92.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 93.5% | 93.5% | 93.5% | 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 primary education or higher in Malaysia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malaysia was 93.5% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.3% in 1980.
- How does Malaysia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malaysia ranks 68th out of 135 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release