Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9981 GPIA in 2017. ▬ Flat
Latest (2017)
0.9981 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
23rd
of 37 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2010
All-time low
0.9971 GPIA
in 2014
Years of data
8
2010–2017
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta, 2010–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2017, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Malta stood at 0.9981 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
That places Malta 23rd out of 37 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.71 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (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 0.9981 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 GPIA in 2010.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9971 GPIA in 2014.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Malta ranks 23rd out of 37 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 0.2%. 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, non-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