Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from in Malaysia
Malaysia: Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from was 568 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
568
Change on year
up 9.0%
World rank
9th
of 120 countries
All-time high
1,412
in 2016
All-time low
169
in 1998
Years of data
24
1998–2024
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from in Malaysia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 568 for inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from in 2024.
The figure is up 9.0% on the previous year and down 52.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from in Malaysia peaked at 1,412 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 169, in 1998.
Malaysia ranks 9th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 169 | — |
| 1999 | 185 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 457 | +147.0% |
| 2001 | 180 | -60.6% |
| 2002 | 761 | +322.8% |
| 2003 | 884 | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 757 | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 850 | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 1,023 | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 976 | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 1,301 | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 1,316 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,025 | -22.1% |
| 2012 | 946 | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 1,191 | +25.9% |
| 2015 | 1,398 | +17.4% |
| 2016 | 1,412 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 890 | -37.0% |
| 2019 | 881 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 826 | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 646 | -21.8% |
| 2022 | 558 | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 521 | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 568 | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 177 | 169 | 185 | 2 |
| 2000s | 798.78 | 180 | 1,301 | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,132 | 881 | 1,412 | 8 |
| 2020s | 623.8 | 521 | 826 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 6 Indonesia 996 compare
- 7 Germany 958 compare
- 8 Canada 843 compare
- 10 New Zealand 504.18 compare
- 11 Republic of Korea 476 compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 456 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 inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from in Malaysia?
- Inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from in Malaysia was 568 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,412 in 2016.
- What is the lowest inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 169 in 1998.
- How does Malaysia rank for inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from?
- Malaysia ranks 9th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is inbound internationally mobile students from asia: students from rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.3%. 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 Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from Thailand, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release