Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 4.38 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Average years of total 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 total schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives is 4.38, measured in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives peaked at 4.65 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 3.05, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 118th 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 total schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.46 | — |
| 1965 | 3.61 | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 4.04 | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 4.22 | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 4.47 | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 4.65 | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 4.04 | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 3.51 | -13.1% |
| 2000 | 3.05 | -13.1% |
| 2005 | 3.07 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 4.38 | +42.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.54 | 3.46 | 3.61 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.13 | 4.04 | 4.22 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.56 | 4.47 | 4.65 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.77 | 3.51 | 4.04 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.06 | 3.05 | 3.07 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.38 | 4.38 | 4.38 | 1 |
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More education data for Maldives
- 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)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4,691 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Maldives was 4.38 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 25+, total recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 4.65 in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.05 in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Maldives ranks 118th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.6%. 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 total schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.