Malaysia's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) was 85.22% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.01 percentage points from 94.23% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 85.22% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 92.51% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 94.23% | 2013 |
| Highest | 98.87% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 85.22% | 2023 |
| Average since 2014 | 93.28% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 95.56% | 1980 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.49 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.24 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Malaysia had the 43rd highest value of the 51 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 85.22% | 2023 |
| World | 78.85% | 2023 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 95.47% | 2021 |
| Upper middle income | 93.91% | 2022 |
Closest to Malaysia in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 21 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 85.22 |
| 2022 | no data |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | 97.7 |
| 2019 | 97.01 |
| 2018 | 92.51 |
| 2017 | 92.14 |
| 2016 | 96.38 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 91.99 |
| 2013 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 97.04% (2019)
- Cambodia — 79.7% (2019)
- China — 96.79% (2020)
- Fiji — 93.12% (2023)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 95.58% (2023)
- Indonesia — 98.23% (2017)
- Korea, Rep. — 98.89% (2023)
- Lao PDR — 82.05% (2019)
- Mongolia — 98.59% (2018)
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 persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)?
- 85.22% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is down 10.35 percentage points from 95.56% in 1980. The highest value was 98.87% in 2005 and the lowest 85.22% in 2023.
- How does Malaysia rank?
- 43rd highest of 51 economies with data for 2023.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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