Lower middle income vs Maldives: Literacy rate, adult male
Lower middle income
84.2%
in 2024
Maldives
98.2%
in 2019
Lower middle income rank
26th
Maldives rank
24th
Literacy rate, adult male over time
- Lower middle income
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 98.2% against 84.2% in Lower middle income, a difference of 14.0%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 26th and Maldives ranks 24th of 39 groups.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 56.7% | 82.4% | 25.7% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 60.3% | 92.1% | 31.8% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 65.7% | 96.1% | 30.4% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 74.4% | 97.3% | 22.9% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 81.1% | 97.0% | 15.9% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher literacy rate, adult male, Lower middle income or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 98.2% against 84.2% in Lower middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in literacy rate, adult male between Lower middle income and Maldives?
- 14.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Maldives?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2019.
- How do Lower middle income and Maldives rank globally for literacy rate, adult male?
- Lower middle income ranks 26th and Maldives ranks 24th of 39 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.