Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malta
Malta: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.8552 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.8552 GPIA
Change on year
up 5.7%
World rank
57th
of 160 countries
All-time high
0.8636 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.2446 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
25
1998–2023
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malta, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.8552 GPIA for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2023.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malta peaked at 0.8636 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2446 GPIA, in 1998.
That places Malta 57th out of 160 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malta, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.2446 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.3006 GPIA | +22.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4766 GPIA | +58.6% |
| 2001 | 0.5333 GPIA | +11.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5084 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5095 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5382 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5861 GPIA | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 0.6157 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6368 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6333 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7107 GPIA | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6309 GPIA | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6319 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7399 GPIA | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7109 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.618 GPIA | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7055 GPIA | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7521 GPIA | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7997 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.7897 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8636 GPIA | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8217 GPIA | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8092 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8552 GPIA | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2726 GPIA | 0.2446 GPIA | 0.3006 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5598 GPIA | 0.4766 GPIA | 0.6368 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.7089 GPIA | 0.618 GPIA | 0.7997 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8374 GPIA | 0.8092 GPIA | 0.8636 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More education data for Malta
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.95 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,666 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 275.01 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 12,288 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 11.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8,832 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 10.65 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malta?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Malta was 0.8552 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8636 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2446 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Malta rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Malta ranks 57th out of 160 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational 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