School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malaysia

Malaysia: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female was 14.04 years in 2017. β–² Rising

Latest (2017)
14.04 years
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
86th
of 175 countries
All-time high
14.29 years
in 2016
All-time low
9.07 years
in 1980
Years of data
27
1980–2017

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malaysia, 1980–2017

0510151980199820171980: 9.1 years1982: 9.3 years1983: 9.6 years1984: 9.7 years1985: 9.8 years1988: 10 years1989: 9.9 years1998: 11.8 years1999: 11.8 years2000: 12.2 years2001: 12.4 years2002: 12.6 years2003: 13.3 years2004: 13.5 years2005: 13.1 years2006: 12.6 years2007: 12.7 years2008: 12.9 years2009: 13 years2010: 13.2 years2011: 13.2 years2012: 13.4 years2013: 13.7 years2014: 14 years2015: 14.2 years2016: 14.3 years2017: 14 years

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malaysia stood at 14.04 years.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malaysia peaked at 14.29 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.07 years, in 1980.

Malaysia ranks 86th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 9.65 years 9.07 years 10.02 years 7
1990s 11.79 years 11.76 years 11.81 years 2
2000s 12.83 years 12.17 years 13.46 years 10
2010s 13.77 years 13.18 years 14.29 years 8

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 83 Palestine, State of 14.3 years compare
  2. 84 Aruba 14.21 years compare
  3. 85 Fiji 14.15 years compare
  4. 87 Tonga 13.91 years compare
  5. 88 South Africa 13.87 years compare
  6. 89 Armenia 13.73 years compare

See the full ranking of 220 places β†’

More gender data for Malaysia

All data for Malaysia β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malaysia?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female in Malaysia was 14.04 years in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 14.29 years in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 9.07 years in 1980.
How does Malaysia rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Malaysia ranks 86th out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia data come from?
The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
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Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.