Literacy rate, youth female in Maldives
Maldives: Literacy rate, youth female was 98.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, youth female in Maldives, 1977–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of females ages 15-24.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 98.9% for literacy rate, youth female in 2019.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, youth female in Maldives peaked at 99.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 87.1%, in 1977.
Maldives ranks 40th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Literacy rate, youth female in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of females ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 87.1% | — |
| 1985 | 96.2% | +10.4% |
| 1990 | 98.3% | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 98.3% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 98.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99.4% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.1% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 99.7% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 98.9% | -0.8% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 98.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 99.0%, 100% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 98.9% is above the median for South Asia, which is 96.9%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 87.1% | 87.1% | 87.1% | 1 |
| 1980s | 96.2% | 96.2% | 96.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 98.3% | 98.3% | 98.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.8% | 98.3% | 99.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.7% | 4 |
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 literacy rate, youth female in Maldives?
- Literacy rate, youth female in Maldives was 98.9% in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, youth female recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.1% in 1977.
- How does Maldives rank for literacy rate, youth female?
- Maldives ranks 40th out of 105 countries with data for 2019.
- Is literacy rate, youth female rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.