World Bank · Education

Malaysia: School enrollment, primary (% net)

99.65percent · 2017+4.8% since 2007

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1970 to 2017.

19702017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201799.646
201699.821
201599.517
201499.892
201399.664
201298.544
201197.061
201096.233
200995.869
200895.068
200795.113
200695.411
200599.593
200499.375
200397.093
200296.591
200197.815
200098.415
199995.618
199895.784
199497.254
197287.762
197186.735
197087.016

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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). School enrollment, primary (% net). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-nenr (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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