Education in Maldives 1,777 indicators covering education for Maldives. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 50.8% 2025 up 63.1% 102nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.37 modelled data 2025 up 12.9% 8th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 32.2% 2025 up 30.9% 119th Teachers in secondary education, male 1,547 2022 up 0.8% 160th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 36.6% 127th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 down 30.4% 101st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 31.7% 114th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 79.9% 2022 up 281.9% 52nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 28.5% 2022 up 220.9% 107th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.64 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% 6th Primary education, teachers 85.3% 2024 up 14.3% 60th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 1,408 number 2019 up 65.5% 141st Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 18.91 % change on previous year 2019 up 1,242.0% 6th Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2017 down 98.6% 169th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4 years 2022 up 281.9% 54th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.43 years 2022 up 220.9% 107th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.64 GPIA 2022 up 4.3% 6th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 2.0% 2019 up 376.7% 101st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 93.8% 2024 down 1.0% 106th Persistence to grade 5, total 93.1% 2023 up 0.5% 77th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 91.9% 2023 up 11.9% 95th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 3 2024 down 62.5% 175th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 6 2024 down 33.3% 172nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 13 2024 down 35.0% 174th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 8 2024 down 70.4% 180th 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 children who are not in pre-primary school 18.6% 2024 up 109.2% 77th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.58 years 2024 down 53.1% 119th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.48 years 2024 down 18.4% 59th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.6344 GPIA 2024 down 42.0% 203rd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.1% 2024 down 0.9% 63rd Teachers in pre-primary education, male 10.92 2024 up 991.7% 141st Teachers in pre-primary education, female 1,158 2024 down 15.6% 147th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2003 up 1.7% 106th 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 Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.804 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 6.0% 188th Repeaters, primary, female 0.1% 2017 down 98.1% 163rd Repeaters, primary, male 0.1% 2017 down 98.9% 167th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 98.4% 2019 up 1.8% 72nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 90.1% 2024 down 4.3% 121st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 98.1% 2024 up 2.8% 61st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 6.8% 24th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 1,386 number 2019 up 68.4% 137th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 93.6% 2019 up 1.7% 14th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 95.2% 2019 up 3.0% 17th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.97 GPIA 2019 down 2.0% 19th School enrollment, secondary, private 5.2% 2019 down 51.0% 137th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 2.4% 51st School enrollment, primary 95.4% 2017 down 1.3% 66th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 93.4% 2023 up 10.6% 84th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 90.6% 2023 up 13.5% 87th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.05 GPIA 2019 up 1.3% 55th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.7% 2019 — 142nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 3.2% 2019 — 95th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 98.5% 2019 down 0.0% 17th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 94.6% 2024 up 2.3% 69th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 98.7% 2019 up 0.1% 13th ← Previous Page 8 of 30 Next →