Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Maldives
Maldives: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 53.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Maldives, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Maldives is 53.5%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.0% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Maldives peaked at 95.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 49.8%, in 1999.
Maldives ranks 109th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.8% | 49.8% | 49.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 68.0% | 57.8% | 78.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 89.2% | 78.7% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.8% | 53.5% | 77.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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)
- 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 share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Maldives?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Maldives was 53.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.8% in 1999.
- How does Maldives rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Maldives ranks 109th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.