Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Malaysia

Population with tertiary education in Malaysia in 2022 — 14.56%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 105. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.94 pp.

2022 14.56% +2.18 pp vs 2019
World rank 66of 105
Period maximum 14.56%2022
Period minimum 4.62%1991

Trend over time

1991–2022 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Malaysia, 1991–20220510151991199519992003200720112015201920221991: 4.62%2000: 8.32%2016: 11.31%2019: 12.39%2022: 14.56%
Change over the period: +9.94 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Malaysia 14.56%
South-Eastern Asia computed 12.84%
Population with tertiary education — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 14.56
2019 12.39
2016 11.31
2000 8.32
1991 4.62

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.