Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9725 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malta, 2009–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.9725 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malta peaked at 0.9818 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8643 GPIA, in 2011.
That places Malta 49th out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9238 GPIA | 0.9238 GPIA | 0.9238 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9059 GPIA | 0.8643 GPIA | 0.9635 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9621 GPIA | 0.932 GPIA | 0.9818 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malta
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.71 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malta?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Malta was 0.9725 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9818 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8643 GPIA in 2011.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Malta ranks 49th out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release