Percentage of graduates … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics in Malaysia
Malaysia: Percentage of graduates … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics was 1.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia is 1.4%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and up 48.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malaysia peaked at 1.5% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2004.
Malaysia ranks 17th of 116 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 … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.6% | — |
| 2006 | 1.3% | +114.6% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -34.6% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -29.7% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +126.7% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | -6.3% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 1.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.0%, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 1.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.0%, 1.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates … adjusted Natural Mathematics Statistics in Malaysia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +126.7% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| 2006 | +114.6% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 88.9 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 88.03 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 217,105 (2024)
- 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)
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 1.4% 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 1.5% in 2018.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2004.
- How does Malaysia rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Malaysia ranks 17th out of 116 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 48.8%. 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 Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release