Early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta
Malta: Early leavers from education and training by citizenship was 8.6 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Early leavers from education and training by citizenship in Malta, 2004β2025
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 14th of 35 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.
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
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 1,941 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.11 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.7% (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 14th out of 35 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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