Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Maldives
Maldives: Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 86.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Maldives, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Maldives is 86.0%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Maldives peaked at 99.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 68.0%, in 1999.
That places Maldives 86th out of 166 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 68.0% | — |
| 2000 | 71.8% | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 72.4% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 73.4% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 79.7% | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 86.6% | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 89.1% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 90.5% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 83.5% | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 88.1% | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 90.1% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 97.2% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 96.2% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 99.2% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 99.9% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 99.2% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 98.5% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 99.2% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 89.6% | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 95.7% | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 86.0% | -10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.0% | 68.0% | 68.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 80.9% | 71.8% | 90.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 96.0% | 88.1% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.6% | 86.0% | 99.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 83 Turks and Caicos Islands 87.0% compare
- 84 Gibraltar 86.8% compare
- 85 Cape Verde 86.3% compare
- 87 New Zealand 85.8% compare
- 88 El Salvador 85.8% compare
- 89 Nicaragua 85.6% compare
More education data for Maldives
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3,474 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,838 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,920 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 33,002 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 44,013 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0834 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Maldives?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Maldives was 86.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.0% in 1999.
- How does Maldives rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- Maldives ranks 86th out of 166 countries with data for 2024.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release