School life expectancy, secondary, male in Maldives
Maldives: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 4.53 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Maldives, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in Maldives is 4.53 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Maldives peaked at 4.53 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.134 years, in 1971.
That places Maldives 151st out of 213 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.142 years | 0.134 years | 0.1501 years | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.12 years | 1.65 years | 4.3 years | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.94 years | 2.58 years | 3.16 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.27 years | 3.08 years | 3.64 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 4 years | 3.2 years | 4.53 years | 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, male in Maldives?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in Maldives was 4.53 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 4.53 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.134 years in 1971.
- How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- Maldives ranks 151st out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release