Malta vs Sweden: Share of population with no formal education
Malta
3.0%
in 2020
Sweden
3.1%
in 2020
Malta rank
55th
Sweden rank
53rd
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Malta
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 3.1% against 3.0% in Malta, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 55th and Sweden ranks 53rd of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 15 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 90.3% | 20.9% | 69.4% | Malta |
| 1880s | 86.3% | 17.4% | 68.9% | Malta |
| 1890s | 81.0% | 14.4% | 66.6% | Malta |
| 1900s | 73.5% | 11.8% | 61.8% | Malta |
| 1910s | 74.1% | 9.0% | 65.1% | Malta |
| 1920s | 66.8% | 5.8% | 61.0% | Malta |
| 1930s | 63.1% | 4.3% | 58.7% | Malta |
| 1940s | 53.7% | 2.5% | 51.2% | Malta |
| 1950s | 42.8% | 1.1% | 41.6% | Malta |
| 1960s | 25.0% | 0.9% | 24.1% | Malta |
| 1970s | 22.4% | 1.4% | 21.0% | Malta |
| 1980s | 20.1% | 1.6% | 18.6% | Malta |
| 1990s | 12.7% | 2.2% | 10.5% | Malta |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2.2% | Malta |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 0.1% | Malta |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 3.1% | 0.1% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Malta or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 3.1% against 3.0% in Malta as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Malta and Sweden?
- 0.1%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sweden?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Malta and Sweden rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Malta ranks 55th and Sweden ranks 53rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.