School life expectancy, primary, male in Maldives
Maldives: School life expectancy, primary, male was 5.61 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, male in Maldives, 1992β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 5.61 years for school life expectancy, primary, male in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in Maldives peaked at 8.82 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.48 years, in 2022.
That places Maldives 131st 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 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.65 years | 5.86 years | 8.82 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 7.82 years | 6.93 years | 8.76 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.59 years | 6.43 years | 6.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.88 years | 5.48 years | 6.73 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
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, male in Maldives?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in Maldives was 5.61 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 8.82 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.48 years in 2022.
- How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- Maldives ranks 131st out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release