Malaysia - Literacy rate

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24) in Malaysia was 96.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 98.46 in 2010, while its lowest value was 86.53 in 1980.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 86.53
1991 95.22
2000 97.27
2010 98.46
2016 97.86
2017 97.44
2018 97.02
2019 96.98

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in Malaysia was 96.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 98.38 in 2010, while its lowest value was 89.50 in 1980.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 89.50
1991 95.91
2000 97.21
2010 98.38
2016 97.39
2017 97.12
2018 96.70
2019 96.60

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)

Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24) in Malaysia was 96.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 98.42 in 2010, while its lowest value was 87.97 in 1980.

Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 87.97
1991 95.56
2000 97.24
2010 98.42
2016 97.61
2017 97.27
2018 96.85
2019 96.78

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above) in Malaysia was 93.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 93.65 in 2019, while its lowest value was 61.25 in 1980.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 61.25
1991 77.28
2000 85.35
2010 90.75
2016 93.37
2017 93.55
2018 93.50
2019 93.65

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above) in Malaysia was 96.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 96.50 in 2017, while its lowest value was 78.15 in 1980.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 78.15
1991 88.56
2000 91.97
2010 95.43
2016 96.30
2017 96.50
2018 96.12
2019 96.22

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in Malaysia was 94.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 95.08 in 2017, while its lowest value was 69.52 in 1980.

Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1980 69.52
1991 82.92
2000 88.69
2010 93.12
2016 94.88
2017 95.08
2018 94.85
2019 94.97

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes