Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male was 27.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 27.4% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 66.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta peaked at 27.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2000.
Malta ranks 47th of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.8% | — |
| 2005 | 12.9% | +236.1% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 13.7% | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 16.5% | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 21.8% | +30.5% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 24.8% | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 24.9% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 26.4% | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 26.8% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 27.4% | +2.0% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 27.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 34.0%, 80% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malta's 27.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 24.3%, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +236.1% | 3.8% | 12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.1% | 3.8% | 13.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 17.8% | 12.4% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.4% | 24.9% | 27.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More education data for Malta
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.33 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.36 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,664 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 70 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4,949 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,626 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,424 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 27,337 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2023)
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 27.4% 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 27.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Malta ranks 47th out of 129 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 66.4%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release