Early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta
Malta: Early leavers from education and training by citizenship was 8.6 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2025, early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta stood at 8.6. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and down 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta peaked at 42.1 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 8.6, in 2025.
Malta ranks 19th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 42.1 | — |
| 2005 | 33 | -21.6% |
| 2006 | 32.2 | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 30.2 | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 27.2 | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 25.7 | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 21.4 | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 18.8 | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 18.1 | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 17.1 | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 17 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 16.3 | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 15.6 | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 14 | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14.2 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 13 | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 10.9 | -16.2% |
| 2022 | 10.3 | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 10.2 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 9.5 | -6.9% |
| 2025 | 8.6 | -9.5% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 8.6 is above the median for high income countries, which is 7.4, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.73 | 25.7 | 42.1 | 6 |
| 2010s | 16.65 | 14 | 21.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.42 | 8.6 | 13 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More education data for Malta
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.33 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.36 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,664 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 70 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4,949 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,626 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,424 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 27,337 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta?
- Early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta was 8.6 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest early leavers from education and training by citizenship recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 42.1 in 2004.
- What is the lowest early leavers from education and training by citizenship recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.6 in 2025.
- How does Malta rank for early leavers from education and training by citizenship?
- Malta ranks 19th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is early leavers from education and training by citizenship rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Early leavers from education and training by citizenship. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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