Preprimary education, duration in Maldives
Maldives: Preprimary education, duration was 4 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in Maldives, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 4 years for preprimary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Maldives peaked at 4 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 1999.
Maldives ranks 88th of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.67 years | 3 years | 4 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 88 Belarus 4 years compare
- 88 Bulgaria 4 years compare
- 88 Cayman Islands 4 years compare
- 88 Gibraltar 4 years compare
- 88 North Korea 4 years compare
- 88 Marshall Islands 4 years compare
- 88 Mongolia 4 years compare
- 88 Papua New Guinea 4 years compare
- 88 Poland 4 years compare
- 88 Saudi Arabia 4 years compare
- 88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 years compare
- 88 Saint Lucia 4 years compare
- 88 Tajikistan 4 years compare
- 88 Uzbekistan 4 years compare
- 88 Zambia 4 years compare
More education data for Maldives
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4,691 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.8% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 95.3% (2024)
- Labor force, female 23.2% (2025)
- Labor force, total 272,320 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Maldives?
- Preprimary education, duration in Maldives was 4 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 4 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 1999.
- How does Maldives rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Maldives ranks 88th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Preprimary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.