Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Malaysia

Malaysia: Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in was 11 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
11
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
95th
of 183 countries
All-time high
11
in 2012
All-time low
7
in 2003
Years of data
17
2003–2019

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Malaysia, 2003–2019

02.557.5102003201120192003: 72004: 72005: 72006: 72007: 72008: 72009: 72010: 72011: 72012: 112013: 112014: 112015: 112016: 112017: 112018: 112019: 11

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Malaysia recorded 11 for number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is up 57.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Malaysia peaked at 11 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2003.

That places Malaysia 95th out of 183 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Malaysia, year by year

Annual values for Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks in Malaysia, 2003 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2003 7
2004 7 +0.0%
2005 7 +0.0%
2006 7 +0.0%
2007 7 +0.0%
2008 7 +0.0%
2009 7 +0.0%
2010 7 +0.0%
2011 7 +0.0%
2012 11 +57.1%
2013 11 +0.0%
2014 11 +0.0%
2015 11 +0.0%
2016 11 +0.0%
2017 11 +0.0%
2018 11 +0.0%
2019 11 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7 7 7 7
2010s 10.2 7 11 10

Countries ranked near Malaysia

  1. 95 Antigua and Barbuda 11 compare
  2. 95 Aruba 11 compare
  3. 95 Azerbaijan 11 compare
  4. 95 Barbados 11 compare
  5. 95 Belarus 11 compare
  6. 95 Bhutan 11 compare
  7. 95 Colombia 11 compare
  8. 95 Costa Rica 11 compare
  9. 95 Honduras 11 compare
  10. 95 Kazakhstan 11 compare
  11. 95 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 11 compare
  12. 95 Kyrgyzstan 11 compare
  13. 95 Peru 11 compare
  14. 95 Russian Federation 11 compare
  15. 95 Senegal 11 compare
  16. 95 Seychelles 11 compare
  17. 95 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 11 compare
  18. 95 Sudan 11 compare
  19. 95 Tajikistan 11 compare
  20. 95 Tunisia 11 compare
  21. 95 Ukraine 11 compare
  22. 95 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Malaysia?
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Malaysia was 11 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Malaysia?
The highest recorded value was 11 in 2012.
What is the lowest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Malaysia?
The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2003.
How does Malaysia rank for number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in?
Malaysia ranks 95th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in rising or falling in Malaysia?
Over the last ten years it is up 57.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malaysia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 3,698 data points, 1998–2020
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Number of years of primary and secondary education to which children and young people are legally entitled that are free from tuition fees. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/