Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Maldives
Maldives: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 5.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Maldives, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Maldives stood at 5.2%.
The figure is up 10.6% on the previous year and up 52.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Maldives peaked at 5.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2011.
Maldives ranks 59th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 4 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4,691 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.56 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Maldives?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Maldives was 5.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2011.
- How does Maldives rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Maldives ranks 59th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.