Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population was 1 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1 LPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
4th
of 95 countries
All-time high
1 LPIA
in 2009
All-time low
0.89 LPIA
in 2000
Years of data
16
2000–2023
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Malta, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1 LPIA for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in 2023. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Malta peaked at 1 LPIA in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.89 LPIA, in 2000.
Malta ranks 4th of 95 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Malta, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.89 LPIA | — |
| 2009 | 1 LPIA | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.945 LPIA | 0.89 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 1 Canada 1.01 LPIA
- 2 Jordan 1.01 LPIA compare
- 3 Uruguay 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Australia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Austria 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Belgium 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Bulgaria 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Switzerland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Czechia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Germany 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Denmark 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Spain 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Finland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 France 1 LPIA compare
- 4 United Kingdom 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Greece 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Croatia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Hungary 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Ireland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Iceland 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Italy 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Lithuania 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Luxembourg 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Latvia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Netherlands 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Norway 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Portugal 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Romania 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Slovenia 1 LPIA compare
- 4 Sweden 1 LPIA compare
- 4 United States 1 LPIA compare
More education data for Malta
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Malta?
- Educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Malta was 1 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2009.
- What is the lowest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.89 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population?
- Malta ranks 4th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release