School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia
Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.05 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia, 1980–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia is 1.05 GPI, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia peaked at 1.09 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.9696 GPI, in 1980.
That places Malaysia 67th out of 175 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.9696 GPI | — |
| 1982 | 0.987 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.9886 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.9941 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.9972 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9973 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.03 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 1.04 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.05 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.06 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.09 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 1.08 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.07 GPI | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.07 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.07 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.07 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.06 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1.06 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.07 GPI | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.07 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.08 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.08 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.08 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.06 GPI | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.05 GPI | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9909 GPI | 0.9696 GPI | 1 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 1.03 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.07 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 8 |
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 life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia was 1.05 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPI in 2003.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9696 GPI in 1980.
- How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Malaysia ranks 67th out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. 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 to tertiary, 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.