Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Maldives
Maldives: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 99.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Maldives, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Maldives stood at 99.7%.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Maldives peaked at 147.7% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 95.8%, in 2013.
Maldives ranks 118th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 139.4% | 130.9% | 147.7% | 3 |
| 1990s | 123.0% | 119.4% | 126.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 115.8% | 104.6% | 127.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.0% | 95.8% | 102.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.3% | 96.0% | 100.5% | 4 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 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 primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Maldives?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Maldives was 99.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 147.7% in 1986.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.8% in 2013.
- How does Maldives rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Maldives ranks 118th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.