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Malaysia: Expenditure on tertiary education

21.35percent · 2018-36.2% since 2004

Expenditure on tertiary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1971 to 2018.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201821.347
201720.992
201623.39
201330.507
201228.468
201136.968
201034.454
200935.944
200733.029
200636.133
200433.445
200334.986
200233.299
200134.251
200032.063
199729.032
199623.813
199520.008
199418.125
199317.979
199221.436
198717.367
198618.064
198517.969
198416.592
198215.964
198115.56
198014.776
197913.927
197111.314

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Expenditure on tertiary education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-tertiary-education (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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