Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta
Malta: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9563 GPIA in 2021. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta, 2000β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta stood at 0.9563 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Malta peaked at 0.9644 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5778 GPIA, in 2005.
Malta ranks 74th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6958 GPIA | 0.5778 GPIA | 0.7985 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8652 GPIA | 0.7397 GPIA | 0.9644 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9551 GPIA | 0.954 GPIA | 0.9563 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 71 Moldova, Republic of 0.9624 GPIA compare
- 72 Netherlands 0.9605 GPIA compare
- 73 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0.9567 GPIA compare
- 75 Australia 0.9554 GPIA compare
- 76 Jordan 0.9546 GPIA compare
- 77 Saudi Arabia 0.953 GPIA 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 0.9563 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 0.9644 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5778 GPIA in 2005.
- How does Malta rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Malta ranks 74th out of 137 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 28.5%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release