Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 19.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Maldives, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Maldives stood at 19.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Maldives peaked at 52.3% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 2010.
Maldives ranks 42nd of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 52.3% | — |
| 1965 | 49.2% | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 44.3% | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 40.8% | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 37.5% | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 33.4% | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 35.2% | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 36.6% | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 32.9% | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 25.5% | -22.5% |
| 2010 | 19.5% | -23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50.8% | 49.2% | 52.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 42.5% | 40.8% | 44.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 35.5% | 33.4% | 37.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 35.9% | 35.2% | 36.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.2% | 25.5% | 32.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 19.5% | 19.5% | 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 population age 15+ with no education in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Maldives was 19.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 52.3% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 2010.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Maldives ranks 42nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.6%. 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: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education