Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Malaysia

Gross secondary school enrolment in Malaysia was 80.3% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2015.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Malaysia, 2024 80.3% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 79.4%
World, 2024 77.3% Official aggregate

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Malaysia over time

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% of the official secondary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Secondary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official secondary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period MalaysiaWorld
2024 80.3% 77.3%
2023 79.4% 77.2%
2022 78.8% 77.5%
2021 75.0% 77.3%
2020 73.2% 76.5%
2019 75.3% 76.0%
2018 74.5% 75.5%
2017 78.9% 74.9%
2016 79.8% 75.2%
2015 81.5% 75.0%
2014 83.3% 74.9%
2013 80.9% 74.0%
2012 81.2% 72.7%
2011 77.6% 71.9%
2010 77.2% 70.9%
2009 75.0% 69.4%
2008 74.8% 68.3%
2007 74.3% 66.8%
2006 75.8% 65.4%
2005 76.3% 64.4%
2004 80.6% 63.5%
2003 80.1% 62.4%
2002 75.0% 61.6%
2001 75.6% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 79.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 83.3%, the figure has changed by −3.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 77.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.SEC.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Malaysia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics