School life expectancy, secondary, female in Malta
Malta: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 7.16 years in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Malta, 2001β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Malta recorded 7.16 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Malta peaked at 7.16 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.22 years, in 2001.
Malta ranks 46th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.68 years | 6.22 years | 7.04 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 6.88 years | 6.63 years | 7.1 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.11 years | 7.07 years | 7.16 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More education data for Malta
- 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 1,941 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.11 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, female in Malta?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in Malta was 7.16 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 7.16 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.22 years in 2001.
- How does Malta rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- Malta ranks 46th out of 207 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release