School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia
Malaysia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.28 GPI in 2019. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Malaysia, 1979β2019
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.
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
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 90.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0077 units per person (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.