2024年,在虐待、忽视和不称职的照料者的驱使下,马来西亚需要保护的儿童增加了12.7%。 Malaysia saw a 12.7% rise in children needing protection in 2024, driven by abuse, neglect, and unfit caregivers.

2024年,马来西亚报告说,需要照料和保护的儿童增加了12.7%,达到9 624例,男孩的增幅更急剧,达到15.2%。 In 2024, Malaysia reported a 12.7% rise in children needing care and protection, reaching 9,624 cases, with boys increasing more sharply at 15.2%. 马来西亚统计局《2025年马来西亚儿童统计报告》将这种上升归因于不称职的照顾者造成的虐待、忽视或遗弃。 The Department of Statistics Malaysia’s Children Statistics 2025 report attributes the rise to abuse, neglect, or abandonment due to unfit caregivers. 女孩占病例的62.7%,而儿童总人数为903万。 Girls made up 62.7% of cases, while the child population totaled 9.03 million. 由于高中水平下降3%,政府和辅助学校的入学率下降了0.2%,私立学校的入学率下降了0.3%,主要原因是幼儿园学生人数减少。 School enrolment in government and aided schools fell 0.2%, driven by a 3% drop in upper secondary levels, and private school enrolment declined 0.3%, mainly due to fewer kindergarten students. 只有18%的高中毕业生升入中等后教育阶段。 Only 18% of upper secondary graduates advanced to post-secondary education. 活产下降了9%,降至414 918人,有3 655名五岁以下儿童死亡,包括2 871名婴儿。 Live births dropped 9% to 414,918, and 3,655 children under five died, including 2,871 infants. 在全国范围内,1 517个儿童保育中心收容了38 955名儿童。 Nationwide, 1,517 childcare centres housed 38,955 children.