Malta has one of the youngest teaching workforces in the entire European Union, with just over one in five teachers aged 50 or older, according to new Eurostat figures.Data published today shows that 20.9% of Malta’s primary and secondary school teachers were aged 50 or over in 2024.That was the second-lowest proportion anywhere in the EU, narrowly behind Ireland at 20.8%.Luxembourg followed at 22%.The figures stand in sharp contrast to the wider European picture, where ageing teaching populations are becoming increasingly apparent.Across the EU, 40.4% of teachers were aged 50 or older, almost twice Malta’s proportion.At the other end of the spectrum, Lithuania had the EU’s oldest teaching workforce, with 58.4% of teachers aged 50 or over, followed by Portugal at 55.6%, Italy at 54.3%, Latvia at 54% and Estonia at 50.6%.Overall, some 5.3 million teachers worked across EU primary and secondary schools in 2024, an increase of 36,500 compared to the previous year.Teaching also remains a heavily female-dominated profession across Europe, with women accounting for 72.9% of teachers and men just 27.1%.Only 8% of the EU’s teachers were under the age of 30.What do you make of Malta having one of the youngest teaching workforces in Europe?•