School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia
Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia is 1.03 GPI, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia peaked at 1.06 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.8397 GPI, in 1970.
That places Malaysia 32nd out of 193 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8397 GPI | — |
| 1980 | 0.9789 GPI | +16.6% |
| 1981 | 0.9875 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.993 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.9923 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 1 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 1.01 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.01 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 1.01 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 1.03 GPI | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 1.02 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1.03 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.03 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.04 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 1.04 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1.04 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1.03 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 1.04 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1.04 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.04 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.06 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.06 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.05 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.04 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.04 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.04 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.04 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.04 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.04 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPI | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.04 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.04 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.04 GPI | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPI | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8397 GPI | 0.8397 GPI | 0.8397 GPI | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9981 GPI | 0.9789 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.03 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.04 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 29 New Zealand 1.03 GPI compare
- 30 Costa Rica 1.03 GPI compare
- 31 Nicaragua 1.03 GPI compare
- 33 Croatia 1.03 GPI compare
- 34 San Marino 1.03 GPI compare
- 35 Tuvalu 1.03 GPI compare
More education data for Malaysia
- 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)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Malaysia was 1.03 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 2003.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8397 GPI in 1970.
- How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Malaysia ranks 32nd out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.