Education in Malaysia 152 indicators covering education for Malaysia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 15-64 70.7% 2025 up 3.2% 21st Population ages 0-14 21.3% 2025 down 17.5% 111th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 90.4% 2024 down 7.0% 173rd Primary education, teachers 273,792 2024 down 1.7% 27th School enrollment, primary, female 90.4% 2024 down 8.3% 172nd School enrollment, primary, male 90.3% 2024 down 5.7% 174th Labor force, total 18.72 million 2025 up 23.9% 36th Labor force, female 37.1% 2025 up 0.0% 149th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.5% 35th School enrollment, secondary 80.3% 2024 down 3.6% 136th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.3 per 1,000 2024 down 8.3% 127th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.2 per 1,000 2024 down 5.9% 107th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 26.7% 118th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 123rd Secondary education, teachers 217,105 2024 up 4.7% 35th School enrollment, secondary, female 81.5% 2024 down 8.3% 139th School enrollment, secondary, male 79.1% 2024 up 1.1% 133rd School enrollment, tertiary 38.5% 2024 up 0.3% 101st School enrollment, primary, private 9.0% 2024 down 35.3% 121st School enrollment, preprimary 87.5% 2021 up 10.6% 64th School enrollment, tertiary, male 31.9% 2024 up 0.1% 100th School enrollment, tertiary, female 45.8% 2024 up 0.1% 102nd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2021 down 2.6% 59th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.31 GPI 2024 down 0.0% 64th Secondary education, teachers, female 152,236 2024 up 9.5% 29th Primary completion rate, female 89.9% 2024 down 9.6% 124th Primary completion rate, male 85.8% 2024 down 9.4% 126th Government expenditure on education, total 3.5% 2023 down 35.9% 124th Secondary education, general pupils 2.31 million 2018 down 2.7% 40th Lower secondary completion rate, total 81.5% 2024 up 0.1% 115th School enrollment, preprimary, female 88.6% 2021 up 7.3% 59th School enrollment, preprimary, male 86.5% 2021 up 13.9% 66th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 85.2% 2023 down 9.6% 113th Government expenditure on education, total 14.1% 2023 down 27.5% 76th Secondary education, general pupils 51.3% 2018 up 0.2% 48th Lower secondary completion rate, female 84.4% 2024 down 1.6% 115th Lower secondary completion rate, male 78.8% 2024 up 1.7% 110th Children out of school 12.0% 2024 up 70.9% 43rd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 3.06 million 2024 down 3.9% 50th Secondary education, pupils 2.64 million 2024 down 7.2% 45th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 85.5% 2023 down 8.9% 99th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 84.9% 2023 down 10.3% 105th Secondary education, vocational pupils 285,095 2018 up 71.4% 38th Number of under-five deaths, male 2,036 2024 down 11.5% 77th Number of under-five deaths, female 1,602 2024 down 11.0% 77th Number of infant deaths, male 1,713 2024 down 9.1% 75th Number of infant deaths, female 1,340 2024 down 8.5% 74th Children out of school, female 11.1% 2024 up 83.4% 53rd Children out of school, male 12.8% 2024 up 62.2% 44th Secondary education, vocational pupils 44.0% 2018 up 1.8% 73rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.3% 2017 up 5.5% 61st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.7% 2025 up 26.7% 122nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.9% 2025 up 13.8% 133rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.8% 2025 up 21.4% 123rd Primary education, teachers 70.1% 2024 up 0.3% 131st Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 1991 — 178th Page 1 of 3 Next →