Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 LPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta, 2000β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta is 1 LPIA, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta peaked at 1.01 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9123 LPIA, in 2000.
Malta ranks 8th of 100 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9123 LPIA | 0.9123 LPIA | 0.9123 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9985 LPIA | 0.9873 LPIA | 1.01 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9994 LPIA | 0.9884 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 4 |
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)
- 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 primary education or higher in Malta?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta was 1 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9123 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malta ranks 8th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release