Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malta
Malta: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 1.13 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malta, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1.13 index for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malta peaked at 1.16 index in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.6767 index, in 1981.
Malta ranks 48th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7715 index | 0.6767 index | 0.8644 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9884 index | 0.8805 index | 1.1 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.15 index | 1.12 index | 1.16 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.14 index | 1.12 index | 1.15 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 index | 1.13 index | 1.13 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More gender data for Malta
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 2,056 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 2,200 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 2,070 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 2,220 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 2,099 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 2,255 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 2,147 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 2,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 2,205 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 2,366 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malta?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Malta was 1.13 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 index in 2004.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6767 index in 1981.
- How does Malta rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Malta ranks 48th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.