Malta vs Portugal: School life expectancy, secondary, female

Malta
7.16 years
in 2023
Portugal
7.16 years
in 2023
Malta rank
46th
Portugal rank
47th

School life expectancy, secondary, female over time

  • Malta
  • Portugal
02468200120122023

How they compare

Malta currently reports 7.16 years against 7.16 years in Portugal, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Portugal ahead.

Malta ranks 46th and Portugal ranks 47th of 213 countries.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Portugal Difference Ahead
2000s 6.68 years 6.23 years 0.4536 years Malta
2010s 6.88 years 6.86 years 0.02 years Malta
2020s 7.11 years 7.11 years 0.0004 years Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, secondary, female, Malta or Portugal?
Malta, at 7.16 years against 7.16 years in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, secondary, female between Malta and Portugal?
0 years, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Portugal?
22 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Malta and Portugal rank globally for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
Malta ranks 46th and Portugal ranks 47th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malta vs Portugal: School life expectancy, secondary, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-secondary-female-years-2/malta/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-secondary-female-years-2/malta/portugal/">Malta vs Portugal: School life expectancy, secondary, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 15,675 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release