Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Maldives
Maldives: Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita was 0.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Maldives, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.9% for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 86.1% on the previous year and down 80.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Maldives peaked at 6.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2024.
Maldives ranks 157th of 203 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6.9% | — |
| 1999 | 3.4% | -50.5% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | +39.7% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | -27.5% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 6.8% | +26.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -86.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.2% | 3.4% | 6.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.2% | 5.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.4% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 0.9% | 6.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 44,013 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0834 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 44,013 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0834 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 21,469 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Maldives?
- Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Maldives was 0.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita?
- Maldives ranks 157th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.2%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) not enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.