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Malaysia: Current education expenditure, tertiary

82.20percent · 2021+16.4% since 2009

Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration). Annual figures for Malaysia from 1998 to 2021.

19982021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202182.195
202085.762
201980.349
201883.532
201781.682
201686.74
201381.097
201282.65
201176.625
201066.647
200970.645
200899.385
200758.348
200678.548
200489.004
200364.15
200253.034
200148.586
200053.98
199961.747
199863.113

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Current education expenditure, tertiary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-education-expenditure-tertiary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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