School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) in Malta
Malta: School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) was 8,247 number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malta, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, upper secondary education, male in Malta is 8,247 number, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, upper secondary education, male in Malta peaked at 10,464 number in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4,815 number, in 1986.
Malta ranks 172nd of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) in Malta, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6,599 number | — |
| 1971 | 6,429 number | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 6,214 number | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 6,019 number | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 5,824 number | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 5,698 number | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 5,709 number | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 5,795 number | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 5,940 number | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 6,141 number | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 6,285 number | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 6,186 number | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 5,790 number | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 5,381 number | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 5,047 number | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 4,829 number | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 4,815 number | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 4,943 number | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 5,123 number | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 5,300 number | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 5,473 number | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 5,612 number | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 5,692 number | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 5,782 number | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 5,903 number | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 6,029 number | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 6,111 number | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 6,094 number | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 6,059 number | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 6,022 number | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 5,987 number | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 5,966 number | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 5,954 number | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,949 number | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 5,946 number | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 5,941 number | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 5,922 number | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 5,876 number | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 5,808 number | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 5,731 number | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 5,637 number | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 5,507 number | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 10,464 number | +90.0% |
| 2013 | 10,240 number | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 9,981 number | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 9,680 number | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 9,334 number | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 8,991 number | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 8,665 number | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 8,404 number | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 8,247 number | -1.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 8,247 number is below the median for high income countries, which is 65,564 number, 13% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Malta's 8,247 number is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 209,074 number, 4% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, upper secondary education, male (number) in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +90.0% | 5,507 number | 10,464 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6,037 number | 5,698 number | 6,599 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,370 number | 4,815 number | 6,285 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,878 number | 5,473 number | 6,111 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,908 number | 5,731 number | 5,987 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,690 number | 5,507 number | 10,464 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,247 number | 8,247 number | 8,247 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More education data for Malta
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.33 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.36 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,664 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 70 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4,949 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,626 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,424 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 27,337 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, upper secondary education, male in Malta?
- School age population, upper secondary education, male in Malta was 8,247 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, upper secondary education, male recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 10,464 number in 2012.
- What is the lowest school age population, upper secondary education, male recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,815 number in 1986.
- How does Malta rank for school age population, upper secondary education, male?
- Malta ranks 172nd out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, upper secondary education, male rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.3%. 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 School age population, upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.