Maldives
Background Information
Region
South Asia
World Bank income group
Upper middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
20% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
50,755 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
26,656 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
4%
Source: UNSDG, 2009
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
8
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
17%
Source: DHS, 2017
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
47%
Source: DHS, 2017
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
No data available
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2016
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 100%
(2017)
-
Lower secondary 100%
(2017)
-
Upper secondary 100%
(2017)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 99%
-
Male 97%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 95%
-
Male 86%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 46%
-
Male 33%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 1%
-
Male 1%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Lower secondary school
-
Female 7%
-
Male 6%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017
Upper secondary school
-
Female 28%
-
Male 32%
Female: UIS, 2017
Male: UIS, 2017