Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 9.32 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Maldives, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 9.32 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Maldives peaked at 9.32 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.2, in 1960.
That places Maldives 86th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.2 | — |
| 1965 | 4.9 | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 4.92 | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 5.22 | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 5.23 | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 5.27 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 5.38 | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 4.86 | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 6.95 | +43.0% |
| 2005 | 8.62 | +24.0% |
| 2010 | 9.32 | +8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.55 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.07 | 4.92 | 5.22 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.25 | 5.23 | 5.27 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.12 | 4.86 | 5.38 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.79 | 6.95 | 8.62 | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.32 | 9.32 | 9.32 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 84 El Salvador 9.39 compare
- 85 Paraguay 9.34 compare
- 87 Brunei Darussalam 9.28 compare
- 88 China 9.17 compare
- 89 Uruguay 9.13 compare
More education data for Maldives
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 16,639 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 14.04 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13,758 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 3.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 16,632 (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Maldives was 9.32 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 9.32 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2 in 1960.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Maldives ranks 86th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 total schooling, age 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of education completed among people age 20-24.