Education in Malta

146 indicators covering education for Malta.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 99.5% 2022 up 1.0% 22nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2 2024 unchanged 178th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2 2024 unchanged 178th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4 2024 down 33.3% 182nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 8 2024 down 27.3% 178th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 109.0% 2017 up 12.3% 42nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 105.6% 2017 up 10.6% 61st
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 14.1% 154th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 400 people 2100 down 20.0% 189th
Population by level of education 243,100 people 2100 down 1.6% 170th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.4% 2017 down 78.1% 139th
Repeaters, primary, male 0.3% 2017 down 87.2% 152nd
School enrollment, secondary, private 36.1% 2023 up 3.4% 27th
School enrollment, primary 99.5% 2017 up 0.4% 7th
Trained teachers in primary education 83.5% 2021 down 3.4% 97th
Over-age students, primary 0.9% 2017 up 5.8% 173rd
Secondary education, teachers 66.0% 2024 up 2.4% 57th
School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% 1997 up 4.5% 5th
School enrollment, primary, male 97.6% 1997 up 3.1% 25th
Over-age students, primary, male 1.0% 2017 up 6.8% 171st
Over-age students, primary, female 0.7% 2017 up 3.4% 172nd
Compulsory education, duration 11 years 2025 unchanged 62nd
Progression to secondary school 98.9% 2016 up 1.3% 57th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 99.6% 2017 up 0.4% 13th
Primary education, pupils 48.2% 2017 down 0.8% 137th
Tertiary education, academic staff 39.0% 2024 up 15.4% 102nd
Persistence to grade 5, female 97.1% 2021 down 0.2% 48th
Persistence to grade 5, male 96.5% 2021 up 2.8% 44th
School enrollment, secondary 93.0% 2017 up 9.0% 32nd
Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th
Progression to secondary school, male 100.0% 2016 unchanged 1st
School enrollment, secondary, female 94.5% 2017 up 9.0% 25th
School enrollment, secondary, male 91.5% 2017 up 8.9% 35th
Progression to secondary school, female 97.7% 2016 up 2.9% 77th
Expenditure on tertiary education 25.3% 2015 up 129.9% 39th
Children out of school, primary 738 2023 up 202.5% 163rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 99.1% 1997 up 4.5% 14th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 97.6% 1997 up 3.1% 38th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 12.94 2017 down 23.2% 161st
Expenditure on secondary education 37.5% 2015 down 5.8% 49th
Expenditure on primary education 24.3% 2015 up 15.1% 114th
Secondary education, pupils 48.7% 2017 up 2.5% 120th
Children out of school, primary, female 358 2023 up 101.1% 161st
Children out of school, primary, male 380 2023 up 192.3% 162nd
Trained teachers in preprimary education 92.3% 2021 down 4.5% 49th
Trained teachers in secondary education 67.7% 2021 down 13.3% 86th
Adolescents out of school 1.9% 2023 up 259.2% 131st
Current education expenditure, total 87.9% 2022 up 0.8% 96th
Current education expenditure, primary 97.3% 2022 down 0.5% 38th
Current education expenditure, secondary 94.5% 2022 up 26.0% 62nd
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 7.11 2017 down 34.4% 187th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 11.79 2017 down 0.1% 137th
Current education expenditure, tertiary 75.7% 2022 down 21.3% 99th
Adolescents out of school, female 1.9% 2023 up 201.3% 123rd
Adolescents out of school, male 1.8% 2023 up 344.9% 132nd
Net intake rate in grade 1 97.0% 2017 up 39.6% 7th
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 8.31 2017 down 22.9% 156th
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 56.2% 2021 up 105.2% 71st
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 54.8% 2021 up 134.1% 72nd
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 61.7% 2023 up 66.9% 64th