School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malaysia
Malaysia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 1.28 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia, 1979–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia is 1.28 GPI, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia peaked at 1.39 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.6172 GPI, in 1979.
Malaysia ranks 75th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.6172 GPI | — |
| 1980 | 0.6234 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7601 GPI | +21.9% |
| 1983 | 0.8364 GPI | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 0.7815 GPI | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 0.8369 GPI | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 0.7196 GPI | -14.0% |
| 1989 | 0.747 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 1.07 GPI | +42.7% |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPI | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPI | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 1.22 GPI | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 1.27 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 1.39 GPI | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 1.3 GPI | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 1.34 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 1.27 GPI | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 1.34 GPI | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 1.35 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.34 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1.38 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1.34 GPI | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.35 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.37 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.34 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1.3 GPI | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.17 GPI | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 1.16 GPI | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.21 GPI | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 1.28 GPI | +5.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 1.28 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.32 GPI, 97% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 1.28 GPI is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.3 GPI, 99% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +42.7% | 0.747 GPI | 1.07 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6172 GPI | 0.6172 GPI | 0.6172 GPI | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.7578 GPI | 0.6234 GPI | 0.8369 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 1.04 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 1.07 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.29 GPI | 1.06 GPI | 1.39 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 GPI | 1.16 GPI | 1.38 GPI | 10 |
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, tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia was 1.28 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 GPI in 2003.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6172 GPI in 1979.
- How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Malaysia ranks 75th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. 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, 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.