School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives
Maldives: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.13 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives stood at 1.13 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives peaked at 1.24 GPIA in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6305 GPIA, in 1970.
Maldives ranks 19th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6305 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.7802 GPIA | +23.7% |
| 1994 | 1.07 GPIA | +37.5% |
| 1995 | 1.09 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1.11 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.18 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 1.15 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 1.16 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.22 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1.24 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1.17 GPIA | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 1.18 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.15 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.16 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.2 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 1.2 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.14 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 1.12 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.18 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 1.14 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 1.13 GPIA | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7054 GPIA | 0.6305 GPIA | 0.7802 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.14 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.18 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.18 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 1.18 GPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Maldives
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives was 1.13 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 GPIA in 2011.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6305 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Maldives ranks 19th out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted 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 rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release