Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Maldives
Maldives: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 29.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ 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 25+ with no education in Maldives stood at 29.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Maldives peaked at 53.4% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 29.5%, in 2010.
That places Maldives 34th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 53.4% | — |
| 1965 | 51.5% | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 45.9% | -10.9% |
| 1975 | 43.8% | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 40.7% | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 38.5% | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 43.9% | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 47.4% | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 49.4% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 39.2% | -20.7% |
| 2010 | 29.5% | -24.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52.5% | 51.5% | 53.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 44.9% | 43.8% | 45.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 39.6% | 38.5% | 40.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 45.7% | 43.9% | 47.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.3% | 39.2% | 49.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 29.5% | 29.5% | 29.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Maldives?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Maldives was 29.5% 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 25+ with no education recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 53.4% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.5% in 2010.
- How does Maldives rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Maldives ranks 34th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.3%. 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 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education