Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female was 99.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta stood at 99.8%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta peaked at 99.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 72.7%, in 2000.
That places Malta 17th out of 136 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 72.7% | — |
| 2005 | 95.6% | +31.6% |
| 2007 | 96.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 99.3% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 97.2% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 97.6% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 98.0% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 98.0% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 98.6% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.6% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 98.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 99.4% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 98.6% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 99.6% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.8% | +0.2% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 99.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.0%, 1.0× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Malta's 99.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 82.5%, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +31.6% | 72.7% | 95.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.9% | 72.7% | 99.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 98.3% | 97.2% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 98.6% | 99.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More education data for Malta
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.33 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.36 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,664 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 70 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4,949 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,626 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,424 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 27,337 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2023)
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 99.8% 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 99.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.7% in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malta ranks 17th out of 136 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 1.8%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release