Over-age students, primary in Maldives
Maldives: Over-age students, primary was 1.6% in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Over-age students, primary in Maldives, 1997–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1.6% for over-age students, primary in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 41.1% on the previous year and down 85.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Maldives peaked at 24.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2017.
Maldives ranks 152nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Over-age students, primary in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 21.3% | — |
| 1999 | 24.9% | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 24.0% | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 22.4% | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 21.1% | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 18.1% | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | -19.4% |
| 2006 | 12.3% | -15.2% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | -69.7% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | +139.1% |
| 2011 | 7.8% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | -18.1% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | -18.3% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -19.4% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | -25.7% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -41.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.1% | 21.3% | 24.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.3% | 3.4% | 24.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 1.6% | 8.2% | 8 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4,691 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Maldives?
- Over-age students, primary in Maldives was 1.6% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 24.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2017.
- How does Maldives rank for over-age students, primary?
- Maldives ranks 152nd out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.