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Adult literacy rate in Malta

Adult literacy rate in Malta was 93.3% in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 10th highest of 10 EU countries in 2011.

201193.3%
Rank10th of 10EU countries ranked
Series high93.32011
Series low86.91985

Adult literacy rate in Malta, 1985 to 2011

868890929419851995200520111985: 86.9 %1995: 87.9 %2005: 92.4 %2011: 93.3 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Literacy rate, adult total, % of people ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 4 values
Period%
201193.3
200592.4
199587.9
198586.9

Rankings

Definition

People aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult total, % of people ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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What is the adult literacy rate in Malta?

Adult literacy rate in Malta was 93.3% in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 10th highest of 10 EU countries in 2011.

Where does this figure come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult total, % of people ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest adult literacy rate in Malta?

93.3% in 2011, the highest value since 1985 in this series.

Adult literacy rate elsewhere in European Union (27)

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