Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 1.14 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta, 2000β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1.14 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta peaked at 1.14 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4202 GPIA, in 2000.
Malta ranks 26th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7233 GPIA | 0.4202 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9589 GPIA | 0.8102 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.14 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Malta?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta was 1.14 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4202 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Malta ranks 26th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release