Secondary education, teachers in Maldives
Maldives: Secondary education, teachers was 55.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, teachers in Maldives, 1970–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 55.5% for secondary education, teachers in 2022.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, teachers in Maldives peaked at 58.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 23.6%, in 1998.
That places Maldives 122nd out of 198 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Secondary education, teachers in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % female | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 38.5% | — |
| 1971 | 30.8% | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 23.6% | -23.2% |
| 1999 | 25.4% | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 29.3% | +15.4% |
| 2001 | 41.0% | +39.8% |
| 2002 | 32.5% | -20.6% |
| 2003 | 34.7% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 39.8% | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 43.6% | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 50.5% | +15.9% |
| 2013 | 47.0% | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 42.7% | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 45.8% | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 46.3% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 49.1% | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 50.5% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 58.1% | +15.1% |
| 2022 | 55.5% | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.6% | 30.8% | 38.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 24.5% | 23.6% | 25.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 34.4% | 29.3% | 41.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 39.8% | 58.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.5% | 55.5% | 55.5% | 1 |
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More education data for Maldives
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, teachers in Maldives?
- Secondary education, teachers in Maldives was 55.5% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, teachers recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 58.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest secondary education, teachers recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.6% in 1998.
- How does Maldives rank for secondary education, teachers?
- Maldives ranks 122nd out of 198 countries with data for 2022.
- Is secondary education, teachers rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, teachers (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.