Malaysia's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) was 41.37% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 13.14 percentage points from 28.23% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41.37% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 34.21% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 28.23% | 2008 |
| Highest | 42.05% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 28.23% | 2008 |
| Average since 2009 | 36.07% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 30.39% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Malaysia's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 0.68 percentage points on 2017 (from 42.05% to 41.37%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2017), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.57 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.01 percentage points in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.17 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Malaysia had the 3rd highest value of the 23 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Malaysia in the 2018 ranking
- Mauritius — 1st of 23: 62.72%
- Sri Lanka — 2nd of 23: 45.74%
- St. Lucia — 4th of 23: 40.27%
- Turks and Caicos Islands — 5th of 23: 39.45%
- Rwanda — 6th of 23: 38.25%
What this measures
Expenditure on secondary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 31 values
| Year | Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 41.37 |
| 2017 | 42.05 |
| 2016 | 39.43 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 34.21 |
| 2012 | 34.46 |
| 2011 | 30.55 |
| 2010 | 33.72 |
| 2009 | 32.81 |
Expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies
- Australia — 31.28% (2016)
- Brunei Darussalam — 60.84% (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 31.32% (2018)
- Indonesia — 27% (2015)
- Korea, Rep. — 38.68% (2016)
- Mongolia — 29.23% (2017)
- New Zealand — 35.61% (2016)
- Vanuatu — 32.9% (2017)
More education data for Malaysia
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils — 2.64 million (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 80.28% (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross) — 81.54% (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross) — 79.11% (2024)
- Secondary education, teachers — 217,105 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils — 3.06 million (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malaysia's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education)?
- 41.37% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 10.97 percentage points from 30.39% in 1971. The highest value was 42.05% in 2017 and the lowest 28.23% in 2008.
- How does Malaysia rank?
- 3rd highest of 23 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) unusual for Malaysia?
- In 2018, Malaysia's expenditure on secondary education (% of government expenditure on education) fell 0.68 percentage points on 2017 (from 42.05% to 41.37%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2017), the average change was +0.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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