Harmonized test scores — all countries

Harmonized test scores — Malaysia

Harmonized test scores in Malaysia in 2020 — 446 score. Ranked 57 in the world out of 172. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 4.3%.

2020 446 score −4.78% vs 2018
World rank 57of 172
Period maximum 468 score2018
Period minimum 427 score2010

Trend over time

2010–2020 · score, 300–625

Harmonized test scores — Malaysia, 2010–2020420440460480201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202010: 427 score2017: 468 score2018: 468 score2020: 446 score
Change over the period: +18 (+4.3%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malaysia

Malaysia 446 score
World computed 403 score
East Asia & Pacific computed 436 score
South-Eastern Asia computed 415 score
Upper-middle-income countries computed 423 score
Harmonized test scores — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year score Change Change, %
2020 446
2018 468 +0 +0.01%
2017 468
2010 427

About the indicator

School test results brought by the World Bank to a single scale: a score of 300 corresponds to minimal attainment, 625 to advanced attainment. The point of the harmonization is that countries take part in different international assessments — PISA, TIMSS, regional ones — and their results are not directly comparable. The indicator answers a question that enrollment does not ask: what children have learned during the years they spent in school.

Important: The estimates are released once every few years and rest on the latest assessment available for a country, so the years differ from country to country. The gap between enrollment and results is wide: enrollment can be universal while results stand at the level of three years of schooling.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.