up from 82.8%, among the highest bilingual rates of all ethnic groups
451,900
Literate Malay residents 15+
out of 455,544 aged 15+
Languages literate in, share of literate Malays 15+
Bilingualism keeps rising: 83.5% of literate Malays can read and write both English and Malay, while Malay-only literacy fell to 7.2%.
377,600 people. That is 83.6% of 451,900 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2025. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
32,400 people. That is 7.2% of 451,900 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2025. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
18,400 people. That is 4.1% of 451,900 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2025. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
15,800 people. That is 3.5% of 451,900 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2025. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
7,700 people. That is 1.7% of 451,900 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2025. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
Total: 100.1% (may differ from 100.0% by up to ±0.2pp because DOS rounds counts to the nearest 100)
362,693 people. That is 82.8% of 438,243 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2020. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
41,407 people. That is 9.4% of 438,243 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2020. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
11,105 people. That is 2.5% of 438,243 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2020. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
18,178 people. That is 4.1% of 438,243 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2020. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
4,860 people. That is 1.1% of 438,243 literate Malay residents aged 15 and over in 2020. Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
Total: 99.9% (may differ from 100.0% by up to ±0.2pp because DOS rounds counts to the nearest 100)
Sources: DOS GHS 2025 table 22 (2025 bilingual figure as quoted in the GHS report); Census 2020 table 33.
