Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9568 GPIA in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta, 2009β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.9568 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2021.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta peaked at 0.9642 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7431 GPIA, in 2011.
Malta ranks 61st of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8044 GPIA | 0.8044 GPIA | 0.8044 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8794 GPIA | 0.7431 GPIA | 0.9642 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9498 GPIA | 0.9427 GPIA | 0.9568 GPIA | 2 |
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 upper secondary education or in Malta?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta was 0.9568 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9642 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7431 GPIA in 2011.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Malta ranks 61st out of 107 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. 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 upper secondary 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