Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 NPIA in 2017. β¬ Flat
Latest (2017)
1 NPIA
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
6th
of 33 countries
All-time high
1.01 NPIA
in 2012
All-time low
0.9924 NPIA
in 2013
Years of data
8
2010β2017
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta, 2010β2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta is 1 NPIA, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
That places Malta 6th out of 33 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
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 NPIA 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 1.01 NPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9924 NPIA in 2013.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malta ranks 6th out of 33 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 0.7%. 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release