Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Malaysia
Malaysia: Female share of graduates in Information and Communication was 46.0% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Malaysia, 2004–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 46.0% for female share of graduates in information and communication in 2018.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of graduates in information and communication in Malaysia peaked at 54.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 44.6%, in 2015.
Malaysia ranks 9th of 85 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Female share of graduates in Information and Communication in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 50.5% | — |
| 2006 | 54.4% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 48.8% | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 50.5% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 48.6% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 46.7% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 47.0% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 52.6% | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 44.6% | -15.3% |
| 2018 | 46.0% | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.5% | 48.6% | 54.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 44.6% | 52.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 6 Bahrain 47.1% compare
- 7 India 46.3% compare
- 8 Saudi Arabia 46.0% compare
- 10 Azerbaijan 46.0% compare
- 11 Palestine, State of 45.6% compare
- 12 Panama 43.9% compare
More education data for Malaysia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of graduates in information and communication in Malaysia?
- Female share of graduates in information and communication in Malaysia was 46.0% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
- What is the highest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 54.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest female share of graduates in information and communication recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.6% in 2015.
- How does Malaysia rank for female share of graduates in information and communication?
- Malaysia ranks 9th out of 85 countries with data for 2018.
- Is female share of graduates in information and communication rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Female share of graduates in Information and Communication Technologies programmes, tertiary (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female share of graduates in the given field of education, tertiary is the number of female graduates expressed as a percentage of the total number of graduates in the given field of education from tertiary education.