Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 56.0% in 2015. β² Rising
Latest (2015)
56.0%
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
32nd
of 36 countries
All-time high
56.0%
in 2015
All-time low
42.8%
in 2011
Years of data
6
2009β2015
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta, 2009β2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malta recorded 56.0% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2015. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Malta ranks 32nd of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.1% | 43.1% | 43.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 51.1% | 42.8% | 56.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 29 Netherlands 62.5% compare
- 30 Brunei Darussalam 62.1%
- 31 Greece 61.2%
- 33 Spain 53.2% compare
- 34 Italy 50.4% compare
- 35 Costa Rica 34.4% 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 upper secondary education or in Malta?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta was 56.0% in 2015, 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 56.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.8% in 2011.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Malta ranks 32nd out of 36 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. 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, immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release