Lower secondary completion rate, male in Maldives
Maldives: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 89.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Maldives, 2005–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, male in Maldives is 89.7%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Maldives peaked at 97.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 71.3%, in 2006.
Maldives ranks 85th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 79.4% | — |
| 2006 | 71.3% | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 80.8% | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 84.0% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 93.3% | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 84.5% | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 81.0% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 81.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 86.1% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 86.6% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 88.6% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 88.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 88.9% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 90.2% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 84.8% | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 97.4% | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 89.7% | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.9% | 71.3% | 84.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 86.9% | 81.0% | 93.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.6% | 84.8% | 97.4% | 3 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 16,639 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 14.04 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13,758 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 3.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 16,632 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4,001 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 690.42 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 10,644 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5,988 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Maldives?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Maldives was 89.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 97.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.3% in 2006.
- How does Maldives rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Maldives ranks 85th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.