Education in Maldives 136 indicators covering education for Maldives. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 76.0% 2025 up 4.4% 5th Population ages 0-14 19.0% 2025 down 18.0% 128th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 down 7.7% 30th School enrollment, primary 99.7% 2024 up 3.0% 110th Primary education, teachers 4,691 2024 up 42.5% 160th School enrollment, primary, female 104.8% 2024 up 4.6% 56th School enrollment, primary, male 95.3% 2024 up 1.6% 151st Labor force, total 272,320 2025 up 47.3% 168th Labor force, female 23.2% 2025 down 13.9% 169th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9962 GPI 2020 up 3.1% 86th School enrollment, secondary 79.4% 2023 up 16.0% 139th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 51.9% 192nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.9% 138th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 50.0% 142nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 61.5% 151st Secondary education, teachers 3,474 2022 up 12.0% 163rd School enrollment, secondary, female 85.0% 2023 up 12.1% 128th School enrollment, secondary, male 74.5% 2023 up 19.7% 144th School enrollment, tertiary 48.5% 2022 up 254.4% 85th School enrollment, primary, private 5.3% 2024 up 800.2% 145th School enrollment, preprimary 76.1% 2020 up 53.4% 83rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 28.5% 2022 up 220.9% 107th School enrollment, tertiary, female 79.9% 2022 up 281.9% 52nd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9304 GPI 2019 down 19.0% 167th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.64 GPI 2022 up 4.3% 4th Secondary education, teachers, female 1,927 2022 up 22.9% 153rd Primary completion rate, female 98.1% 2024 up 2.8% 59th Primary completion rate, male 90.1% 2024 down 4.3% 117th Government expenditure on education, total 5.2% 2023 up 52.5% 58th Secondary education, general pupils 20,969 2017 down 34.3% 174th Lower secondary completion rate, total 94.6% 2024 up 2.3% 65th School enrollment, preprimary, female 78.0% 2020 up 55.4% 79th School enrollment, preprimary, male 74.3% 2020 up 51.6% 84th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 91.9% 2023 up 11.9% 94th Government expenditure on education, total 9.6% 2025 down 15.8% 158th Secondary education, general pupils 49.7% 2017 down 2.1% 108th Lower secondary completion rate, female 100.3% 2024 up 0.3% 32nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 89.7% 2024 up 4.1% 85th Children out of school 0.9% 2024 down 80.2% 150th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 down 14.3% 25th Primary education, pupils 44,013 2024 up 11.2% 167th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 up 20.0% 91st Secondary education, pupils 33,002 2023 up 43.4% 170th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.4% 2023 up 10.6% 84th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 90.6% 2023 up 13.5% 87th Secondary education, vocational pupils 1,115 2004 up 696.4% 164th Number of under-five deaths, male 17 2024 down 62.2% 173rd Number of under-five deaths, female 14 2024 down 58.8% 173rd Number of infant deaths, male 15 2024 down 60.5% 173rd Number of infant deaths, female 12 2024 down 60.0% 174th Children out of school, female 1.8% 2023 up 36.0% 137th Children out of school, male 11.1% 2023 down 1.0% 52nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 30.0% 2004 — 161st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 97.2% 2017 down 9.1% 137th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 down 30.4% 100th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 36.6% 126th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 31.7% 113th Primary education, teachers 85.3% 2024 up 14.3% 60th Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2017 down 98.6% 169th Page 1 of 3 Next →