Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female was 1.27 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female in Maldives, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1.27 for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 62.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female in Maldives peaked at 1.72 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.54, in 2005.
That places Maldives 111th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.27 | — |
| 1965 | 1.32 | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 1.5 | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 1.55 | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 1.65 | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 1.72 | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 1.4 | -18.6% |
| 1995 | 1.09 | -22.1% |
| 2000 | 0.78 | -28.4% |
| 2005 | 0.54 | -30.8% |
| 2010 | 1.27 | +135.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.29 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.52 | 1.5 | 1.55 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.69 | 1.65 | 1.72 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.25 | 1.09 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.66 | 0.54 | 0.78 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 44,013 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0834 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21,469 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female in Maldives was 1.27 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.72 in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.54 in 2005.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female?
- Maldives ranks 111th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 25+, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females over age 25.