Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malaysia
Malaysia: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 16.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malaysia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malaysia is 16.5%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malaysia peaked at 30.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 2021.
Malaysia ranks 102nd of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 16.7% | — |
| 1999 | 18.4% | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 19.3% | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 18.4% | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 18.5% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 17.2% | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 17.3% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 16.8% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 18.5% | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 19.2% | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 18.3% | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 19.4% | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 25.8% | +33.0% |
| 2013 | 25.5% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 24.6% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 23.6% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 30.8% | +30.6% |
| 2018 | 26.4% | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 24.8% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 23.4% | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | -42.6% |
| 2023 | 17.4% | +29.2% |
| 2024 | 16.5% | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.5% | 16.7% | 18.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 16.8% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 17.7% | 30.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 13.4% | 23.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0859 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malaysia?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malaysia was 16.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 30.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 2021.
- How does Malaysia rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Malaysia ranks 102nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release