How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and South Africa?

8 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malaysia vs South Africa: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female

Malaysia

344,140 number

in 2017

South Africa

411,263 number

in 2018

Malaysia rank

25th

South Africa rank

23rd

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female over time

Malaysia
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 411,263 number against 344,140 number in Malaysia, a difference of 67,123 number.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 1999 it was South Africa ahead.

Malaysia ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 23rd of 138 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	295,616 number	554,394 number	258,778 number	South Africa
2000s	227,091 number	566,140 number	339,048 number	South Africa
2010s	344,140 number	316,972 number	27,168 number	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female, Malaysia or South Africa?: South Africa, at 411,263 number against 344,140 number in Malaysia as of 2018.
What is the difference in out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female between Malaysia and South Africa?: 67,123 number, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and South Africa?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2017.
How do Malaysia and South Africa rank globally for out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female?: Malaysia ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 23rd of 138 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malaysia vs South Africa: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-adolescents-and-youth-of-secondary-school-age-female-number/malaysia/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-adolescents-and-youth-of-secondary-school-age-female-number/malaysia/south-africa/">Malaysia vs South Africa: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 4,214 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of adolescents and youth of secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/