Population, age 16, female in Maldives
Maldives: Population, age 16, female was 2,980 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, age 16, female in Maldives, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 2,980 for population, age 16, female in 2015.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, age 16, female in Maldives peaked at 3,857 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,159, in 1990.
That places Maldives 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,673 | 2,159 | 3,332 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,744 | 3,475 | 3,857 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,350 | 2,980 | 3,643 | 5 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (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 population, age 16, female in Maldives?
- Population, age 16, female in Maldives was 2,980 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population, age 16, female recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 3,857 in 2006.
- What is the lowest population, age 16, female recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,159 in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for population, age 16, female?
- Maldives ranks 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, age 16, female rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Age population, female refers to female population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.