Malaysia
Learning-adjusted schooling in Malaysia
Learning-adjusted schooling in Malaysia: 8.3 years in 2010 and 8.9 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 8.9 years
- Since 2010
- +0.6 years
- Rank, 2020
- 60 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 9.3 years in 2018, the lowest 8.3 years in 2010.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | 9.3 |
| 2017 | 9.1 |
| 2010 | 8.3 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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Malaysia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per person$138 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel136,000 people in 2020
- National power0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 2024