Education in Maldives

136 indicators covering education for Maldives.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 93.1% 2023 up 0.5% 77th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3 2024 down 62.5% 173rd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 6 2024 down 33.3% 170th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 13 2024 down 35.0% 172nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 8 2024 down 70.4% 178th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 98.6% 2017 down 7.7% 126th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 95.9% 2017 down 10.3% 142nd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.5% 2100 down 28.6% 77th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 3,300 people 2100 down 32.7% 144th
Population by level of education 241,900 people 2100 up 5.4% 172nd
Repeaters, primary, female 0.1% 2017 down 98.1% 163rd
Repeaters, primary, male 0.1% 2017 down 98.9% 167th
School enrollment, secondary, private 5.2% 2019 down 51.0% 137th
School enrollment, primary 95.4% 2017 down 1.3% 66th
Trained teachers in primary education 86.6% 2022 up 11.8% 91st
Over-age students, primary 1.6% 2017 down 85.5% 152nd
Secondary education, teachers 55.5% 2022 up 9.8% 122nd
School enrollment, primary, female 96.4% 2017 down 1.2% 37th
School enrollment, primary, male 94.5% 2017 down 2.3% 66th
Over-age students, primary, male 1.7% 2017 down 86.8% 153rd
Over-age students, primary, female 1.5% 2017 down 83.5% 147th
Compulsory education, duration 12 years 2025 up 71.4% 33rd
Progression to secondary school 98.9% 2016 up 4.1% 58th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 95.4% 2017 down 1.9% 96th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 21.4% 2024 down 75.0% 124th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 91.8% 2022 up 12.0% 70th
Primary education, pupils 48.8% 2017 up 2.0% 74th
Persistence to grade 5, female 94.1% 2023 up 2.0% 74th
Persistence to grade 5, male 92.1% 2023 down 1.0% 74th
Preprimary education, duration 4 years 2025 up 33.3% 88th
Progression to secondary school, male 97.8% 2016 up 6.0% 68th
Progression to secondary school, female 100.0% 2016 up 2.2% 1st
Expenditure on tertiary education 20.6% 2016 up 217.9% 78th
Literacy rate, youth female 98.9% 2019 down 0.5% 40th
Children out of school, primary 417.76 2024 down 78.6% 173rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 96.4% 2017 down 2.1% 71st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 94.5% 2017 down 2.8% 87th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2019 unchanged 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 98.6% 2019 down 0.6% 36th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 10.16 2017 down 30.0% 186th
Literacy rate, youth total 98.7% 2019 down 0.6% 38th
Expenditure on secondary education 21.6% 2016 down 45.9% 128th
Expenditure on primary education 36.4% 2016 down 27.7% 56th
Secondary education, pupils 51.9% 2004 up 3.9% 15th
Children out of school, primary, female 380 2023 up 53.2% 160th
Children out of school, primary, male 2,709 2023 up 13.8% 127th
Literacy rate, adult total 98.2% 2019 down 0.2% 14th
Literacy rate, adult male 98.2% 2019 down 0.2% 24th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 65.5% 2022 down 9.5% 83rd
Trained teachers in secondary education 98.5% 2022 up 4.9% 35th
Adolescents out of school 9.5% 2024 down 14.2% 68th
Current education expenditure, total 99.3% 2016 down 0.4% 12th
Current education expenditure, primary 99.2% 2019 down 0.5% 20th
Current education expenditure, secondary 99.3% 2019 down 0.5% 14th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 39.6% 2024 down 45.9% 92nd
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 98.2% 2022 up 9.5% 36th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 98.8% 2022 up 0.7% 34th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 13.7 2003 down 19.2% 104th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 15.53 2017 down 36.1% 103rd
Current education expenditure, tertiary 100.0% 2016 up 0.3% 8th