Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.8868 LPIA in 2022. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta, 2000β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta stood at 0.8868 LPIA.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta peaked at 1.14 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3224 LPIA, in 2000.
Malta ranks 9th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5366 LPIA | 0.3224 LPIA | 0.7509 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9885 LPIA | 0.7092 LPIA | 1.14 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9197 LPIA | 0.8868 LPIA | 0.9421 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 6 Palestine, State of 0.95 LPIA compare
- 7 Luxembourg 0.9026 LPIA compare
- 8 Ireland 0.8914 LPIA compare
- 10 Canada 0.7971 LPIA compare
- 11 United States 0.7832 LPIA compare
- 12 Sweden 0.7811 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 0.8868 LPIA in 2022, 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 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3224 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Malta ranks 9th out of 87 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release