Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 24.3% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Malta, 2013β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Malta stood at 24.3%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 76.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Malta peaked at 24.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 2015.
Malta ranks 32nd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.2% | 13.7% | 21.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 23.0% | 21.8% | 24.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 29 Armenia, Republic of 25.7% compare
- 30 Norway 24.9% compare
- 31 Bahrain, Kingdom of 24.5% compare
- 33 Jordan 24.3% compare
- 34 Hungary 24.0% compare
- 35 Andorra, Principality of 24.0% compare
More education data for Malta
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Malta?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Malta was 24.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 2015.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Malta ranks 32nd out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.9%. 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 rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release