Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9954 GPIA in 2017. β¬ Flat
Latest (2017)
0.9954 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
18th
of 28 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPIA
in 2010
All-time low
0.9892 GPIA
in 2011
Years of data
6
2010β2017
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta, 2010β2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2017, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta stood at 0.9954 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
That places Malta 18th out of 28 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Malta
- 15 United States 0.9975 GPIA compare
- 16 Montenegro 0.9968 GPIA
- 17 Switzerland 0.9964 GPIA
- 19 Slovenia 0.9925 GPIA compare
- 20 Iceland 0.991 GPIA
- 21 Hungary 0.9908 GPIA
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 0.9954 GPIA 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 GPIA in 2010.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9892 GPIA in 2011.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malta ranks 18th out of 28 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 down 1.7%. 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, immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release