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MALAYSIA VS ASEAN · DEGREE ATTAINMENT · 2022
How much of the adult population has at least a Bachelor's-equivalent qualification?
UNESCO cumulative educational attainment for population aged 25+, fixed to 2022 because that is Malaysia's latest observation in the current series.
SHOW ME THE DATA2022 · population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
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2022
1Singapore36.2population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
2Timor-Leste20.4population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
3Philippines18.1population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
4Brunei Darussalam17.6population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
5Thailand17.4population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
6Malaysia14.6population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
7Viet Nam11.5population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
8Indonesia9.5population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
9Lao PDR5.2population 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
UIFUNESCO Institute for Statistics via World Bankpopulation 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
SourceUNESCO Institute for Statistics via World Bank ↗2022 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Malaysia is #6/9 in the verified 2022 ASEAN subset by Bachelor's-or-equivalent attainment among adults 25+.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita requests World Bank indicator SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2022. This is a stock measure of adult educational attainment, not a current-year graduation rate. Older observations are not carried forward.
- About 14.6% of Malaysia's population aged 25+ had at least a Bachelor's-equivalent qualification in 2022, ranking #6/9 among ASEAN members with a same-year observation.
- No 2022 value shown for: Cambodia, Myanmar.
- This is cumulative attainment among adults aged 25+, so it reflects many years of education history rather than the current university pipeline alone.
- Degree attainment is not a direct measure of skills, field of study, graduate employability, wages or job quality.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Declared sourceEducational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
- 2TransformationPulseKita requests World Bank indicator SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2022. This is a stock measure of adult educational attainment, not a current-year graduation rate. Older observations are not carried forward.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2022
UNITpopulation 25+ with at least Bachelor's or equivalent
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2022 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026