Lower secondary completion rate, male in Malaysia
Malaysia: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 78.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Malaysia, 1998–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, male in Malaysia stood at 78.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Malaysia peaked at 87.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 69.6%, in 2018.
Malaysia ranks 110th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 87.7% | — |
| 1999 | 82.1% | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 80.5% | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 80.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 78.7% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 85.7% | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 81.0% | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 77.9% | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 79.4% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 80.7% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 80.6% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 79.9% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 81.3% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 83.1% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 83.2% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 80.1% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 77.4% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 76.7% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 74.3% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 73.1% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 69.6% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 70.2% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 71.7% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 77.1% | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 77.1% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 79.5% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 78.8% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.9% | 82.1% | 87.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 80.5% | 77.9% | 85.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.9% | 69.6% | 83.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.8% | 71.7% | 79.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 936,008 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 191,898 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 81,894 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 660,174 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Malaysia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Malaysia was 78.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 87.7% in 1998.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.6% in 2018.
- How does Malaysia rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Malaysia ranks 110th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.