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Malaysia: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes

19.09percent · 2024+27.3% since 2013

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T3.CP. Annual figures for Malaysia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202419.088
202317.662
202220.023
202122.569
202023.143
201921.783
201821.515
201719.942
201619.396
201417.111
201314.989
201213.524UIS_EST
201114.417UIS_EST
201013.934
200914.113
200814.816
200715.316
200614.159
200512.681
200410.695
200312.275
200215.273
200113.45
200013.647

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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