Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta
Malta: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 10.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta stood at 10.0%.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta peaked at 30.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2017.
Malta ranks 66th of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.2% | — |
| 2001 | 26.2% | -13.2% |
| 2002 | 26.3% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 19.6% | -25.5% |
| 2004 | 19.2% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | +17.6% |
| 2006 | 12.1% | -46.4% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 12.8% | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 11.4% | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 8.2% | -28.3% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | +38.8% |
| 2016 | 18.5% | +69.1% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | -65.1% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +36.6% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | -24.4% |
| 2021 | 16.9% | +153.4% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -40.5% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.0% | 11.4% | 30.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.3% | 6.4% | 18.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 6.7% | 16.9% | 4 |
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More education data for Malta
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta was 10.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 30.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2017.
- How does Malta rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Malta ranks 66th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release