School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Malaysia
Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.02 GPIA
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
74th
of 208 countries
All-time high
1.08 GPIA
in 2003
All-time low
0.8437 GPIA
in 1970
Years of data
43
1970–2024
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Malaysia, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1.02 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Malaysia peaked at 1.08 GPIA in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.8437 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Malaysia 74th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8437 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.9634 GPIA | +14.2% |
| 1981 | 0.9743 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.9821 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.9828 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.9912 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.9937 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.08 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.07 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.07 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.02 GPIA | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8437 GPIA | 0.8437 GPIA | 0.8437 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9923 GPIA | 0.9634 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Malaysia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Malaysia was 1.02 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPIA in 2003.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8437 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Malaysia ranks 74th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. 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 life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release