Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 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.
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
- 44 Poland 29.3% compare
- 45 Azerbaijan, Republic of 28.3% compare
- 46 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 27.9% compare
- 48 Colombia 25.5% compare
- 49 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 25.3% compare
- 50 Hungary 24.7% 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 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