School age population, tertiary education, female in Maldives
Maldives: School age population, tertiary education, female was 15,698 number in 2017. ▲ Rising
School age population, tertiary education, female in Maldives, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2017, school age population, tertiary education, female in Maldives stood at 15,698 number.
That represents a change of down 15.1% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, female in Maldives peaked at 20,929 number in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,152 number, in 1970.
Maldives ranks 171st of 203 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5,354 number | 4,152 number | 7,135 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,841 number | 7,502 number | 10,102 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,769 number | 10,392 number | 13,656 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,666 number | 14,623 number | 20,929 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,834 number | 15,698 number | 20,756 number | 4 |
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More education data for Maldives
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, tertiary education, female in Maldives?
- School age population, tertiary education, female in Maldives was 15,698 number in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 20,929 number in 2009.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,152 number in 1970.
- How does Maldives rank for school age population, tertiary education, female?
- Maldives ranks 171st out of 203 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, female rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. 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, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.