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Malaysia's graduate employability trend, 2016–2020

Follow the official MOHE Graduate Tracer Study employability rate across five years, with the ministry's definition preserved.

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia2021 publication · data through 2020
SHOW ME THE DATA2016 → 2020 · graduate employability · %
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PULSEKITA TIMELINE2016 — 2020
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia
201677graduate employability · %
772016792017802018862019842020
77
Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi MalaysiaMinistry of Higher Education Malaysiagraduate employability · %
SourceMinistry of Higher Education Malaysia ↗2021 publication · data through 2020HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
IN BRIEF

The headline rate includes work, further study, upskilling and waiting for placement, so it should not be read as the employment rate alone.

METHOD & LIMITATIONS

MOHE employability is broader than employment alone.

PulseKita transcribes the national graduate-employability trend published in MOHE's 2020 Quick Facts. MOHE defines graduate employability as working, continuing study, improving skills, or waiting for job placement.

  • This is a historical 2016–2020 Graduate Tracer Study series, not a current 2026 outcome measure.
  • Graduate employability includes graduates who are working, continuing their studies, improving skills, or waiting for job placement.
  • Graduate employability is broader than the share who are actually working.
  • Response rates and survey conditions vary by year, so small year-to-year differences should be interpreted cautiously.

Evidence trail

EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
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    TransformationPulseKita transcribes the national graduate-employability trend published in MOHE's 2020 Quick Facts. MOHE defines graduate employability as working, continuing study, improving skills, or waiting for job placement.
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    Published visualTimeline

Source

HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2016 → 2020
UNITgraduate employability · %
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2021 publication · data through 2020
primaryGraduate Employability Trend 2016–2020
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