Womens educational attainment vs fertility in Maldives
Maldives: Womens educational attainment vs fertility was 1.57 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Womens educational attainment vs fertility in Maldives, 1950–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1.57 for womens educational attainment vs fertility in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, womens educational attainment vs fertility in Maldives peaked at 7.4 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 1.57, in 2023.
That places Maldives 155th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.33 | 6.18 | 6.56 | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.04 | 6.71 | 7.33 | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.33 | 7.23 | 7.4 | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.92 | 6.39 | 7.23 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.48 | 2.9 | 6.13 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.37 | 2.2 | 2.69 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.02 | 1.64 | 2.35 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 | 1.57 | 1.61 | 4 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4,691 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.56 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is womens educational attainment vs fertility in Maldives?
- Womens educational attainment vs fertility in Maldives was 1.57 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest womens educational attainment vs fertility recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4 in 1973.
- What is the lowest womens educational attainment vs fertility recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.57 in 2023.
- How does Maldives rank for womens educational attainment vs fertility?
- Maldives ranks 155th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is womens educational attainment vs fertility rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Womens educational attainment vs fertility. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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