Literacy rate — all countries

Literacy rate — Malta

Literacy rate in Malta in 2011 — 93.31%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 53. Since 1985, the indicator has risen by 6.38 pp.

2011 93.31% +0.95 pp vs 2005
World rank 31of 53
Period maximum 93.31%2011
Period minimum 86.93%1985

Trend over time

1985–2011 · % of population aged 15+

Literacy rate — Malta, 1985–2011868890929419851988199119941997200020032006200920111985: 86.93%1995: 87.87%2005: 92.36%2011: 93.31%
Change over the period: +6.38 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2011

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

Malta 93.31%
World 84.71%
Literacy rate — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2011 93.31
2005 92.36
1995 87.87
1985 86.93

Southern Europe, 2011

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.

Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.

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