Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Malta
Malta: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 1.03 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1.03 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
78th
of 211 countries
All-time high
1.27 GPIA
in 1986
All-time low
1.02 GPIA
in 2020
Years of data
52
1971–2023
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Malta, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1.03 GPIA for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Malta peaked at 1.27 GPIA in 1986 and was at its lowest, 1.02 GPIA, in 2020.
That places Malta 78th out of 211 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Malta, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.11 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 1.12 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 1.13 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 1.15 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 1.17 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 1.17 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.16 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 1.16 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 1.19 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 1.17 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 1.16 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 1.18 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 1.22 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 1.22 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.27 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 1.27 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1.21 GPIA | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 1.19 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 1.21 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 1.22 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 1.23 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 1.23 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.23 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.22 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 1.18 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.17 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.16 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.15 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.14 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.12 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.11 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.07 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.13 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 1.11 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.08 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1.09 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.06 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.15 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.19 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.21 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 1.27 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.19 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 1.23 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 75 Timor-Leste 1.03 GPIA compare
- 76 Mauritius 1.03 GPIA compare
- 77 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.03 GPIA compare
- 79 Georgia 1.03 GPIA compare
- 80 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.03 GPIA compare
- 81 Guadeloupe 1.03 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.71 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Malta?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Malta was 1.03 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 GPIA in 1986.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2020.
- How does Malta rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Malta ranks 78th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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 Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 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