Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malta
Malta: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total was 5.98 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malta, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malta stood at 5.98.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malta peaked at 6 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.17, in 1960.
Malta ranks 20th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.17 | — |
| 1965 | 3.49 | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 4.17 | +19.5% |
| 1975 | 4.55 | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 5.02 | +10.3% |
| 1985 | 5.27 | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 5.58 | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 5.89 | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 5.97 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 6 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 5.98 | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.33 | 3.17 | 3.49 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.36 | 4.17 | 4.55 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.14 | 5.02 | 5.27 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.73 | 5.58 | 5.89 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.98 | 5.97 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.98 | 5.98 | 5.98 | 1 |
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More education data for Malta
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,941 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malta?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total in Malta was 5.98 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.17 in 1960.
- How does Malta rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Malta ranks 20th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 15-19.