Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Maldives
Maldives: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age was 2.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Maldives, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 2.4% for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 80.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Maldives peaked at 12.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2025.
Maldives ranks 138th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.5% | — |
| 2001 | 7.1% | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 8.1% | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 8.9% | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8.2% | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 12.0% | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 12.4% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 12.4% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 11.5% | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 10.0% | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 8.2% | -18.0% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | -25.6% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -27.9% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | -15.2% |
| 2025 | 2.4% | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.3% | 6.5% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.8% | 10.0% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 2.4% | 8.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 136 Costa Rica 2.6% compare
- 136 Kyrgyzstan 2.6% compare
- 138 Samoa 2.4% compare
- 140 Spain 2.3% compare
- 140 Thailand 2.3% compare
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 out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Maldives?
- Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age in Maldives was 2.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 12.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Maldives ranks 138th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.6%. 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, published as part of Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, female (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release