School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Maldives
Maldives: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 9.62 years in 2023. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Maldives, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 9.62 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Maldives peaked at 11.2 years in 2001 and was at its lowest, 9.21 years, in 2017.
Maldives ranks 58th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Maldives, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9.94 years | — |
| 1999 | 10.79 years | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 10.9 years | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 11.2 years | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 11.02 years | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 11.08 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 10.78 years | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 10.61 years | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 10.63 years | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 10.2 years | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 10.06 years | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 9.77 years | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 9.62 years | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 9.67 years | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 9.43 years | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 9.24 years | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 9.41 years | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 9.54 years | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 9.24 years | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 9.21 years | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 9.57 years | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 9.45 years | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 9.48 years | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 9.31 years | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 9.62 years | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.37 years | 9.94 years | 10.79 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.62 years | 9.77 years | 11.2 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.44 years | 9.21 years | 9.67 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.47 years | 9.31 years | 9.62 years | 3 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 55 Costa Rica 9.68 years compare
- 56 Mexico 9.68 years compare
- 57 Libya 9.67 years compare
- 59 Colombia 9.58 years compare
- 60 Cape Verde 9.57 years compare
- 61 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.55 years compare
More education data for Maldives
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Maldives?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Maldives was 9.62 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 11.2 years in 2001.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.21 years in 2017.
- How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- Maldives ranks 58th out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release