Average years of schooling among adults in Maldives
Maldives: Average years of schooling among adults was 7.41 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in Maldives, 2000–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average years of schooling among adults in Maldives is 7.41 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in Maldives peaked at 7.41 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.47 years, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 135th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.77 years | 3.47 years | 4.61 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.07 years | 4.88 years | 7.11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.38 years | 7.27 years | 7.41 years | 4 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4,691 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.56 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average years of schooling among adults in Maldives?
- Average years of schooling among adults in Maldives was 7.41 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7.41 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.47 years in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- Maldives ranks 135th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.