School life expectancy, post-secondary … post-secondary adjusted in Malaysia
Malaysia: School life expectancy, post-secondary … post-secondary adjusted was 0.0669 GPIA in 2012. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Malaysia, 1999–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2012, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Malaysia stood at 0.0669 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 86.2% on the previous year and down 92.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Malaysia peaked at 0.9402 GPIA in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0669 GPIA, in 2012.
That places Malaysia 125th out of 125 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
School life expectancy, post-secondary … post-secondary adjusted in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7722 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9402 GPIA | +21.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8987 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9127 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9208 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.9157 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.8122 GPIA | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7563 GPIA | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.7056 GPIA | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5915 GPIA | -16.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4122 GPIA | -30.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4856 GPIA | +17.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0669 GPIA | -86.2% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.0669 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.08 GPIA, 6% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.0669 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9302 GPIA, 7% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, post-secondary … post-secondary adjusted 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -86.2% | 0.4856 GPIA | 0.0669 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7722 GPIA | 0.7722 GPIA | 0.7722 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8282 GPIA | 0.5915 GPIA | 0.9402 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3216 GPIA | 0.0669 GPIA | 0.4856 GPIA | 3 |
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 school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Malaysia?
- School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Malaysia was 0.0669 GPIA in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9402 GPIA in 2000.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0669 GPIA in 2012.
- How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender?
- Malaysia ranks 125th out of 125 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release