School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Maldives
Maldives: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 1.58 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Maldives, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1.58 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2024.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 53.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Maldives peaked at 3.56 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1845 years, in 1977.
That places Maldives 116th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2102 years | 0.1845 years | 0.2395 years | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.29 years | 0.4044 years | 1.65 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 2.4 years | 1.85 years | 3.02 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.16 years | 2.78 years | 3.56 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.26 years | 1.58 years | 3.06 years | 4 |
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More education data for Maldives
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4,691 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.56 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Maldives?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Maldives was 1.58 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 3.56 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1845 years in 1977.
- How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- Maldives ranks 116th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.1%. 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 life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release