Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 100.0% in 2017. β¬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta, 2009β2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 100.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2017. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta peaked at 100.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 98.1%, in 2016.
Malta ranks 1st of 34 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.4% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.1% | 100.0% | 7 |
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 100.0% in 2017, 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 100.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.1% in 2016.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malta ranks 1st out of 34 countries with data for 2017.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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, immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release