School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) in Maldives
Maldives: School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) was 22,797 number in 2019. ▲ Rising
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Maldives, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 22,797 number for school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in 2019.
The figure is up 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Maldives peaked at 22,994 number in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7,848 number, in 1970.
Maldives ranks 164th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 7,848 number | — |
| 1971 | 8,086 number | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 8,334 number | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 8,573 number | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 8,779 number | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 8,930 number | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 9,198 number | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 9,456 number | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 9,705 number | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 9,945 number | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 10,175 number | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 10,499 number | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 10,835 number | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 11,223 number | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 11,712 number | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 12,355 number | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 13,235 number | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 14,217 number | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 15,174 number | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 15,936 number | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 16,312 number | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 16,710 number | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 16,949 number | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 17,039 number | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 17,009 number | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 16,907 number | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 16,606 number | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 16,163 number | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 22,994 number | +42.3% |
| 1999 | 22,124 number | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 21,301 number | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 20,188 number | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 19,142 number | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 18,239 number | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 17,687 number | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 17,280 number | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 16,837 number | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 16,646 number | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 22,497 number | +35.1% |
| 2016 | 22,853 number | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 22,939 number | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 22,808 number | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 22,797 number | -0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 22,797 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 322,958 number, 7% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 22,797 number is below the median for South Asia, which is 883,269 number, 3% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number) in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +42.3% | 16,163 number | 22,994 number |
| 2015 | +35.1% | 16,646 number | 22,497 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8,885 number | 7,848 number | 9,945 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,536 number | 10,175 number | 15,936 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,881 number | 16,163 number | 22,994 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,415 number | 16,646 number | 21,301 number | 8 |
| 2010s | 22,779 number | 22,497 number | 22,939 number | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.19 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.05 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Maldives?
- School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes in Maldives was 22,797 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 22,994 number in 1998.
- What is the lowest school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,848 number in 1970.
- How does Maldives rank for school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes?
- Maldives ranks 164th out of 206 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school age population, pre-primary education, both sexes rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.0%. 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 School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to pre-primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.