School enrollment, secondary in Malta
Malta: School enrollment, secondary was 93.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary in Malta, 1971–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
In 2017, school enrollment, secondary in Malta stood at 93.0%. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary in Malta peaked at 93.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 51.6%, in 1971.
Malta ranks 32nd of 154 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 64.2% | 51.6% | 72.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 72.5% | 65.2% | 76.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.0% | 77.4% | 81.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.0% | 80.2% | 87.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 88.6% | 83.8% | 93.0% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 29 Barbados 93.6% compare
- 30 Greece 93.3% compare
- 31 Netherlands 93.2% compare
- 33 United Arab Emirates 92.8% compare
- 34 United States 92.5% compare
- 35 Croatia 92.4% compare
More education data for Malta
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 1,941 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.7% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 97.8% (2023)
- Labor force, female 41.9% (2025)
- Labor force, total 323,052 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, secondary in Malta?
- School enrollment, secondary in Malta was 93.0% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, secondary recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 93.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.6% in 1971.
- How does Malta rank for school enrollment, secondary?
- Malta ranks 32nd out of 154 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school enrollment, secondary rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, secondary (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.