Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Maldives
Maldives: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 100.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
100.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 190 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 1998
All-time low
35.1%
in 2001
Years of data
20
1998–2023
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Maldives, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Maldives is 100.0%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Maldives peaked at 100.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 35.1%, in 2001.
Maldives ranks 1st of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 100.0% | — |
| 1999 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 58.3% | -41.7% |
| 2001 | 35.1% | -39.7% |
| 2002 | 79.3% | +125.6% |
| 2003 | 57.6% | -27.3% |
| 2004 | 59.3% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +68.7% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 92.4% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 96.0% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 57.9% | 35.1% | 79.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 98.8% | 92.4% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Maldives?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Maldives was 100.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.1% in 2001.
- How does Maldives rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Maldives ranks 1st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release