Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia
Malaysia: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 32.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 32.6% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia peaked at 34.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.4%, in 2016.
Malaysia ranks 30th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 24.8% | — |
| 2006 | 22.7% | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 25.0% | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 29.1% | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 25.8% | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 28.9% | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 32.7% | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | -28.5% |
| 2015 | 23.1% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 20.4% | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 31.7% | +55.0% |
| 2018 | 30.6% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 31.6% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 30.0% | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 23.2% | -22.5% |
| 2022 | 34.5% | +48.6% |
| 2023 | 32.5% | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 32.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.5% | 22.7% | 29.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 27.8% | 20.4% | 32.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 30.6% | 23.2% | 34.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 27 Macau, China 34.1% compare
- 28 Samoa 32.9% compare
- 29 Brunei Darussalam 32.8% compare
- 31 United Arab Emirates 32.5% compare
- 32 Georgia 32.5% compare
- 33 Andorra 32.4% compare
More education data for Malaysia
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 475,967 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia was 32.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 34.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.4% in 2016.
- How does Malaysia rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Malaysia ranks 30th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Business, Administration and Law programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release