School enrollment, tertiary, male in Malaysia
Malaysia: School enrollment, tertiary, male was 31.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, tertiary, male in Malaysia, 1979–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
In 2024, school enrollment, tertiary, male in Malaysia stood at 31.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary, male in Malaysia peaked at 40.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1979.
Malaysia ranks 100th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
School enrollment, tertiary, male in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % gross | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5.0% | — |
| 1980 | 5.3% | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 5.3% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 5.0% | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 5.8% | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 6.6% | +14.5% |
| 1988 | 8.7% | +32.2% |
| 1989 | 7.6% | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 21.9% | +187.9% |
| 1999 | 23.6% | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 26.3% | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 23.9% | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 25.7% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 25.5% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 22.8% | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 23.9% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 24.8% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 27.8% | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 29.9% | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 30.7% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 30.2% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 30.9% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 31.5% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 31.8% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 37.2% | +16.8% |
| 2016 | 40.1% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 37.5% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 37.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 34.2% | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 33.2% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 32.0% | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 31.0% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 31.0% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 31.9% | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 6.3% | 5.0% | 8.7% | 7 |
| 1990s | 22.8% | 21.9% | 23.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.6% | 22.8% | 29.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.1% | 30.2% | 40.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.8% | 31.0% | 33.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, tertiary, male in Malaysia?
- School enrollment, tertiary, male in Malaysia was 31.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary, male recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 40.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary, male recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1979.
- How does Malaysia rank for school enrollment, tertiary, male?
- Malaysia ranks 100th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary, male rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.