School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Maldives
Maldives: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.9814 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Maldives, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.9814 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Maldives peaked at 1.03 GPI in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.9814 GPI, in 2019.
That places Maldives 135th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Maldives, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.9956 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 1 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9929 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.9981 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.01 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.01 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.01 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.03 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 1.02 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.03 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9814 GPI | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9995 GPI | 0.9929 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.02 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.03 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.994 GPI | 0.9814 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 2 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Maldives?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Maldives was 0.9814 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPI in 2002.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9814 GPI in 2019.
- How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Maldives ranks 135th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.