Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Malta

Share of children out of school in Malta in 2023 — 2.64%. Ranked 67 in the world out of 146. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 2.59 pp.

2023 2.64% −0.31 pp vs 2022
World rank 67of 146
Period maximum 2.95%2022
Period minimum 0.05%2011

Trend over time

2011–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Malta, 2011–2023012320112013201520172019202120232011: 0.05%2012: 0.27%2013: 1.04%2014: 1.33%2015: 1.23%2016: 1.18%2017: 1.19%2018: 0.63%2019: 1.47%2020: 2.3%2021: 2.58%2022: 2.95%2023: 2.64%
Change over the period: +2.59 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malta

Malta 2.64%
World computed 8.88%
Europe & Central Asia computed 2.72%
Southern Europe computed 1.73%
High-income countries computed 1.99%
Share of children out of school — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.64 −0.31 pp
2022 2.95 +0.37 pp
2021 2.58 +0.29 pp
2020 2.3 +0.82 pp
2019 1.47 +0.85 pp
2018 0.63 −0.56 pp
2017 1.19 +0.01 pp
2016 1.18 −0.05 pp
2015 1.23 −0.1 pp
2014 1.33 +0.29 pp
2013 1.04 +0.77 pp
2012 0.27 +0.22 pp
2011 0.05 —

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.