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Malaysia - Primary Enrollment 2020

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

93.18% −1.15pp from 2019 Global rank: 138th

Malaysia's primary enrollment was 93.18% in 2020, decreased +1.15pp from 94.33% in 2019. This was the 138th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2020▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2020
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sierra Leone	142.79%	-1.9%
2nd	Malawi	136.44%	-2.0%
3rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	129.32%	-0.2%
4th	Madagascar	126.59%	1.3%
5th	Vanuatu	125.12%	-0.3%
6th	Namibia	122.35%	-1.5%
7th	Turks and Caicos Islands	122.13%	2.5%
8th	Nepal	121.90%	-11.3%
9th	Sweden	119.50%	-0.9%
10th	Togo	119.27%	1.3%
11th	Mozambique	118.98%	0.9%
12th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	115.90%	4.0%
13th	Seychelles	114.15%	-4.3%
14th	Curaçao	113.35%	-35.5%
15th	Peru	113.07%	4.2%
16th	Fiji	112.55%	-2.1%
17th	Morocco	112.35%	2.1%
18th	Tonga	112.25%	-0.9%
19th	Belize	112.25%	-1.9%
20th	Timor-Leste	110.61%	-0.8%
21st	Bangladesh	110.07%	2.7%
22nd	Gibraltar	108.72%	-3.2%
23rd	Algeria	108.53%	2.3%
24th	Argentina	108.50%	-0.8%
25th	Marshall Islands	108.45%	-0.7%
26th	Costa Rica	108.29%	-0.5%
27th	United Arab Emirates	108.07%	0.5%
28th	Aruba	107.24%	-0.7%
29th	Colombia	107.08%	-2.1%
30th	Cambodia	107.02%	6.5%
31st	Moldova	106.52%	1.4%
32nd	Dominican Republic	105.93%	-5.7%
33rd	Portugal	105.75%	0.8%
34th	Kiribati	105.72%	2.3%
35th	Brazil	105.50%	-1.8%
36th	Palau	105.47%	-6.4%
37th	Uruguay	105.24%	0.8%
38th	Hong Kong SAR, China	105.13%	2.9%
39th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	104.68%	-0.7%
40th	Mexico	104.52%	-0.5%
41st	Netherlands	104.34%	-0.2%
42nd	Benin	104.03%	-2.6%
43rd	Tunisia	103.98%	-1.1%
44th	Thailand	103.86%	0.8%
45th	Montenegro	103.85%	0.2%
46th	Bhutan	103.83%	6.0%
47th	Lithuania	103.47%	-1.2%
48th	Cabo Verde	103.43%	-1.7%
49th	Spain	103.41%	0.2%
50th	Türkiye	103.30%	-0.6%
51st	Saudi Arabia	103.15%	0.4%
52nd	Liechtenstein	102.91%	-0.9%
53rd	Viet Nam	102.85%	-0.5%
54th	Japan	102.74%	0.1%
55th	Brunei Darussalam	102.71%	-0.3%
56th	France	102.65%	0.2%
57th	Italy	102.64%	-0.3%
58th	Suriname	102.28%	1.0%
59th	Nauru	102.26%	-2.4%
60th	United Kingdom	102.22%	0.3%
61st	Belgium	102.06%	-0.1%
62nd	Papua New Guinea	102.05%	-3.1%
63rd	India	102.04%	2.1%
64th	Tuvalu	102.03%	5.8%
65th	Germany	102.00%	-0.5%
66th	Samoa	101.99%	-1.1%
67th	Switzerland	101.73%	0.1%
68th	Russian Federation	101.73%	-0.1%
69th	Burundi	101.66%	0.2%
70th	Austria	101.56%	-0.2%
71st	Guatemala	101.50%	-0.5%
72nd	Ireland	101.37%	0.4%
73rd	Cuba	101.32%	0.5%
74th	South Africa	101.30%	0.2%
75th	Qatar	100.98%	-1.3%
76th	Indonesia	100.95%	-0.3%
77th	European Union	100.83%	-0.7%
78th	Georgia	100.78%	-0.5%
79th	Cyprus	100.74%	0.3%
80th	Singapore	100.54%	-0.2%
81st	Guinea	100.47%	7.9%
82nd	Denmark	100.46%	-0.1%
83rd	Tajikistan	100.40%	4.8%
84th	United States	100.31%	-0.7%
85th	Lao PDR	100.28%	-1.7%
86th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.26%	-0.7%
87th	Slovenia	100.23%	0.4%
88th	Turkmenistan	100.05%	0.5%
89th	Albania	100.02%	-2.5%
90th	Slovak Republic	99.92%	2.0%
91st	Australia	99.90%	-0.3%
92nd	Latvia	99.83%	-0.2%
93rd	Finland	99.82%	0.3%
94th	Czechia	99.78%	0.5%
95th	Chile	99.70%	-1.5%
96th	Croatia	99.49%	0.5%
97th	Dominica	99.33%	1.8%
98th	Korea	99.22%	-0.4%
99th	Jordan	98.96%	0.1%
100th	Kazakhstan	98.96%	-0.1%
101st	Norway	98.89%	-0.2%
102nd	China	98.79%	1.0%
103rd	Luxembourg	98.64%	0.3%
104th	Uzbekistan	98.62%	0.4%
105th	Tanzania	98.58%	1.0%
106th	Iceland	98.56%	-0.3%
107th	St. Lucia	98.43%	0.7%
108th	Ghana	98.40%	-1.5%
109th	Estonia	98.35%	0.2%
110th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	98.24%	0.6%
111th	Azerbaijan	98.24%	0.3%
112th	Ecuador	98.12%	-0.2%
113th	Serbia	97.71%	-1.9%
114th	Cayman Islands	97.65%	3.5%
115th	New Zealand	97.54%	-0.7%
116th	Greece	97.28%	-0.4%
117th	Maldives	97.18%	0.3%
118th	Hungary	97.17%	0.6%
119th	Canada	96.91%	-0.3%
120th	Gambia, The	96.88%	1.9%
121st	Malta	96.80%	-1.4%
122nd	Bulgaria	96.54%	0.1%
123rd	Israel	96.37%	0.1%
124th	Guyana	96.36%	9.8%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	96.21%	-2.8%
126th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	95.64%	1.5%
127th	Belarus	95.53%	-1.6%
128th	Sri Lanka	95.23%	-0.3%
129th	Panama	95.20%	2.0%
130th	Mauritius	95.01%	-0.4%
131st	West Bank and Gaza	94.65%	-1.0%
132nd	Barbados	94.51%	-0.3%
133rd	San Marino	94.41%	-0.2%
134th	Mauritania	93.80%	3.9%
135th	Zimbabwe	93.61%	0.2%
136th	North Macedonia	93.44%	-0.2%
137th	Philippines	93.28%	0.3%
138th	Malaysia	93.18%	-1.2%
139th	Armenia	92.87%	0.6%
140th	Macao SAR, China	92.79%	-3.6%
141st	Mongolia	92.35%	-1.9%
142nd	Kenya	91.95%	18.6%
143rd	Romania	91.90%	-0.8%
144th	Ukraine	91.11%	0.5%
145th	Jamaica	90.95%	-2.4%
146th	Paraguay	90.83%	-9.7%
147th	El Salvador	90.66%	-1.1%
148th	Oman	90.64%	-7.3%
149th	Solomon Islands	89.60%	-8.8%
150th	Andorra	89.43%	-1.0%
151st	Côte d'Ivoire	88.63%	0.2%
152nd	Lesotho	87.74%	-3.9%
153rd	Burkina Faso	87.70%	-2.3%
154th	Micronesia, Federated States of	87.42%	-7.4%
155th	British Virgin Islands	86.85%	1.9%
156th	Senegal	84.90%	2.0%
157th	Nigeria	84.37%	3.4%
158th	Honduras	83.66%	-2.0%
159th	Poland	82.21%	-13.4%
160th	Kuwait	81.39%	-2.0%
161st	Lebanon	76.10%	-1.3%
162nd	Liberia	72.42%	-9.0%
163rd	Syrian Arab Republic	70.38%	-2.7%

FAQ

What was Malaysia's primary enrollment in 2020?▾

Malaysia's primary enrollment in 2020 was 93.18%. This ranked 138th globally.

How did Malaysia's primary enrollment change in 2020?▾

Malaysia's primary enrollment decreased by 1.2% in 2020 compared to 2019.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2020?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest primary enrollment in 2020 at 142.79%.

What is the primary enrollment of Malaysia in 2020?▾

The primary enrollment of Malaysia in 2020 was 93.18%. This ranked 138th globally.

How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Malaysia's primary enrollment?▾

Malaysia's primary enrollment went from 94.33% in 2019 to 93.18% in 2020, a 1.2% decrease.

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