School age population, primary education, female in Malaysia
Malaysia: School age population, primary education, female was 1.44 million number in 2020. β² Rising
School age population, primary education, female in Malaysia, 1970β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1.44 million number for school age population, primary education, female in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Malaysia peaked at 1.60 million number in 2008 and was at its lowest, 942,328 number, in 1970.
Malaysia ranks 50th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 979,611 number | 942,328 number | 1.01 million number | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.12 million number | 1.02 million number | 1.24 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.38 million number | 1.27 million number | 1.48 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.55 million number | 1.49 million number | 1.60 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 million number | 1.42 million number | 1.57 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.44 million number | 1.44 million number | 1.44 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 273,792 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 90.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0077 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Malaysia?
- School age population, primary education, female in Malaysia was 1.44 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.60 million number in 2008.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 942,328 number in 1970.
- How does Malaysia rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Malaysia ranks 50th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. 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 School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.