School Completion Rates by District
Data as of 2025Proportion of students who complete primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education at state and district level.
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How is this data produced?
This dataset is derived from administrative records maintained by the Ministry of Education Malaysia via the Education Management Information System (EMIS). Completion rates are calculated by comparing the number of students who complete a given education level with the total cohort that started that level. Districts are those of the District Education Offices (Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah).
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
Because Malaysia's dropout rates are extremely low, completion rates may exceed 100% due to a small number of students repeating grades or transferring between districts; in small districts, such movements can push the rate well above 100%. The data refers to government schools only. State-level figures in this dataset are compiled on the same basis as the district figures, and may differ from those in the dataset of completion rates by state. Rates are blank where unavailable, such as for districts before they had their own District Education Office.
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Dataset description
Proportion of students who complete primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary education at state and district level.
Variable definitions
- Date
- State
- District
- School Stage
- Completion Rate
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 as the data is at annual frequency |
state (Categorical) | State | One of 16 states |
district (Categorical) | District | One of the District Education Offices, or 'All Districts' for state-level data |
stage (Categorical) | School Stage | Either primary (Standards 1 to 6), lower secondary (Form 1 to 3), or upper secondary (Form 4 to 5) |
completion (Float) | Completion Rate | Proportion of students who complete that stage of education, relative to the total cohort that started that stage |
Last updated:
11 Oct 2026, 12:00
Next update:
31 Dec 2027, 18:00
Data source(s)
- Ministry of Education
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License
This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/education/completion_school_district.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=completion_school_district&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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