Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta, 2000β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta is 1 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta peaked at 1 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8777 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Malta 27th out of 133 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9622 GPIA | 0.8777 GPIA | 0.9973 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9932 GPIA | 0.9871 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9985 GPIA | 0.9935 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 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 GPIA 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 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8777 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malta ranks 27th out of 133 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release