Malta's adult literacy rose from 86.9 % in 1985 to 93.3 % in 2011.
Malta's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 105.5 % in 2001 to 97.7 % in 2023.
Malta · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Malta's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 97.9 % in 1985 to 98.9 % in 2011.
Malta's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 90.7 % in 2001 to 103.0 % in 2023.
Malta's tertiary enrolment rose from 25.0 % in 2001 to 80.5 % in 2023.
Malta's children out of school, primary rose from 13 in 2011 to 738 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.1 pts59th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.4 pts24th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)up +0.6 pts19th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −0.1 pts31st of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs48th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.6 yrs19th of 145
- Learning poverty26th of 53
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- Education spendingdown −0.2 pts59th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.0 pts84th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −0.7 %34th of 135