Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total was 1.41 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives is 1.41, measured in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives peaked at 1.98 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.72, in 2005.
Maldives ranks 114th of 144 countries on this measure, 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+, total in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.49 | — |
| 1965 | 1.55 | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 1.75 | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 1.82 | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 1.92 | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 1.98 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 1.6 | -19.2% |
| 1995 | 1.24 | -22.5% |
| 2000 | 0.89 | -28.2% |
| 2005 | 0.72 | -19.1% |
| 2010 | 1.41 | +95.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.52 | 1.49 | 1.55 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.79 | 1.75 | 1.82 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.95 | 1.92 | 1.98 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.42 | 1.24 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.805 | 0.72 | 0.89 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.41 | 1.41 | 1.41 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,001 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 690.42 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 10,644 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5,988 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives was 1.41 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+, total recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.98 in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.72 in 2005.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total?
- Maldives ranks 114th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.4%. 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+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people over age 25.