School life expectancy, primary, both sexes in Maldives
Maldives: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes was 5.88 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes in Maldives, 1980β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes in Maldives is 5.88 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, both sexes in Maldives peaked at 9.08 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.72 years, in 2022.
That places Maldives 103rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.97 years | 6.55 years | 7.38 years | 3 |
| 1990s | 6.82 years | 6.01 years | 9.08 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 8.02 years | 7.2 years | 8.98 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.84 years | 6.68 years | 7.07 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.14 years | 5.72 years | 6.98 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, primary, both sexes in Maldives?
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes in Maldives was 5.88 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, both sexes recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 9.08 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, both sexes recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.72 years in 2022.
- How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes?
- Maldives ranks 103rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, both sexes rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. 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, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release