Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta
Malta: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.9% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta peaked at 1.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2005.
That places Malta 71st out of 116 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Malta, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8% | — |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +47.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -49.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -22.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +27.5% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +33.8% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | +41.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -25.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +30.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -17.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 4 |
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More education data for Malta
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13,080 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9555 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0237 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 14,257 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0258 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 32,424 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.28 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1,941 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -8.47 % change on previous year (2024)
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 0.9% 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 1.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2005.
- How does Malta rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Malta ranks 71st out of 116 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 down 16.8%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release