Number of English language students drops 6% in 2025
Slight increase in the average number of student weeks
The number of students who last year learnt English as a foreign language in Malta dropped by six per cent over the previous year.
National data shows that, in 2025, foreign students attending English language courses at 34 local licensed English Language Teaching schools amounted to 76,063 - marking a drop of 4,883 over 2024.
The majority of students attending English language courses in Malta came from Italy (23 per cent), followed by Germany (10.6 per cent) and France (10.4 per cent).
Overall, 71.8 per cent of total students originated from an EU country.
The average number of student weeks during the year under review stood at 3.4 - an increase of 0.3 compared to the previous year.
With an average of 12.1 weeks, students from Colombia recorded the highest number of student weeks, followed by Chilean and South Korean students with average student weeks at 11.9 and 8.6 weeks, respectively.
The largest share of language students was aged 15 or younger. Female students accounted for 63.2 per cent of the entire ELT student population.
July was the busiest month for local licensed ELT schools, accounting for 16.5 per cent of the annual total. August and March followed at 15.8 and 9.6 per cent.