ACCU

Literacy Rate	Illiterate Population
91.9 %	1.5 millions

2007 figures estimated by UNESCO Institute for Statistics in September 2008

1. Adult Literacy Data

(1) Estimated Number of Adult Illiterates by Sex

source :

UNESCO

(2) Adult Literacy Rate by Sex

source :	UNESCO
note :	15 years and above

(3) Main Languages

	main language(s)	% of population	used in school
1	Malaysian	...	Yes

Total number of mother tongue(s) : ...

2. Primary Education Data

Years of Compulsory Education
... years

source :

Education for All, UIS, 2002

3. Pre-primary Education Data

source :

UNESCO

4. Basic Socio-Economic Indicators

		year
1	GNP per capita (US$)	2001	3,640
2	agricultural productivity per capita (US$)	1996	287
3	total fertility rate (/woman)	2002	3.1
4	infant mortality rate (age 1/1,000)	2002	8
5	under-5 mortality rate (/1,000)	2002	9
6	life expectancy at birth (yrs)	2001	...

source :

1&6 World Bank, 2 UN, 3-5 UNICEF

5. Public Education Expenditure

	year
annual budget for nonformal education	1995	28 million
public expenditure on education as percentage of GNP (%)	1995	5.3
% share of nonformal education in total education budget	...	...

source :	UNESCO
note :	total public expenditure on education refers to expenditure of the Ministry of Education only

6. Literacy Agencies

National literacy agency

7. Literacy Programmes

	year
basic literacy
total number of registered learners (in thousands)		...
% share of women		...
total number of certified learners (in thousands)		...
% share of women		...
post-literacy
total number of registered learners (in thousands)		...
% share of women		...
total number of certified learners (in thousands)		...
% share of women		...

[Updated in January 2003]

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