Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Malaysia
Malaysia: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male was 93.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Malaysia, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 93.3% for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in 2017. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Malaysia peaked at 93.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 71.5%, in 1970.
That places Malaysia 122nd out of 193 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 71.5% | — |
| 1980 | 76.5% | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 77.4% | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 77.6% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 79.7% | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 80.3% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 80.5% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 82.0% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 81.1% | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 80.5% | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 79.0% | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 80.3% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 81.1% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 80.9% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 80.8% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 80.8% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 86.3% | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 86.2% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 86.8% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 86.3% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 85.3% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 87.9% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 89.7% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 88.6% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 87.7% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 86.2% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 85.9% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 85.6% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 86.7% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 87.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 90.5% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 91.3% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 92.5% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 91.9% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 92.6% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 93.3% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 71.5% | 71.5% | 71.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 79.5% | 76.5% | 82.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 81.9% | 79.0% | 86.3% | 8 |
| 2000s | 87.0% | 85.3% | 89.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.8% | 86.7% | 93.3% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 119 Slovakia 93.7% compare
- 120 Montenegro 93.6% compare
- 121 Trinidad and Tobago 93.5% compare
- 123 Maldives 92.7% compare
- 124 Bhutan 92.7% compare
- 125 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 92.2% compare
More education data for Malaysia
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0859 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Malaysia?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male in Malaysia was 93.3% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.5% in 1970.
- How does Malaysia rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male?
- Malaysia ranks 122nd out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total male enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male population of official primary and secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.