Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary was 10.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Maldives, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 10.9% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Maldives peaked at 27.4% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2005.
That places Maldives 116th 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 19.6% | — |
| 1965 | 21.1% | +7.8% |
| 1970 | 22.4% | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 23.7% | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 24.9% | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 27.4% | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 20.5% | -25.2% |
| 1995 | 13.2% | -35.5% |
| 2000 | 9.2% | -30.3% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -47.1% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | +124.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.3% | 19.6% | 21.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 23.0% | 22.4% | 23.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 26.1% | 24.9% | 27.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 16.9% | 13.2% | 20.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.1% | 4.9% | 9.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 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 secondary in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary in Maldives was 10.9% 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 secondary recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 27.4% in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2005.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary?
- Maldives ranks 116th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary