Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 17.9% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Maldives, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 17.9% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Maldives peaked at 17.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 1960.
That places Maldives 53rd 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.9% | — |
| 1965 | 7.6% | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 8.5% | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 9.6% | +13.6% |
| 1980 | 10.6% | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 11.6% | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 12.1% | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 12.8% | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 15.7% | +21.9% |
| 2005 | 16.4% | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 17.9% | +9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.2% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.0% | 8.5% | 9.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 11.1% | 10.6% | 11.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 12.5% | 12.1% | 12.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.0% | 15.7% | 16.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
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 barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Maldives was 17.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 1960.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Maldives ranks 53rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary