Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.8327 LPIA in 2020. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta, 2000β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.8327 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2020.
The figure is down 23.8% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta peaked at 1.09 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3757 LPIA, in 2000.
Malta ranks 9th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5674 LPIA | 0.3757 LPIA | 0.7591 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9188 LPIA | 0.6413 LPIA | 1.09 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8327 LPIA | 0.8327 LPIA | 0.8327 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 6 Palestine, State of 0.9276 LPIA compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 0.8634 LPIA compare
- 8 Luxembourg 0.852 LPIA compare
- 10 Switzerland 0.8053 LPIA compare
- 11 Ireland 0.7928 LPIA compare
- 12 Germany 0.7841 LPIA compare
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 0.8327 LPIA in 2020, 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 1.09 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3757 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 93 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release