Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives

Maldives: Enrolment in pre-primary education, male was 10,014 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
10,014 number
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
149th
of 196 countries
All-time high
12,041 number
in 2015
All-time low
347 number
in 1971
Years of data
30
1970–2019

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives, 1970–2019

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k1970199420191970: 471 number1971: 347 number1977: 821 number1992: 1.7k number1993: 4.9k number1995: 5.5k number1996: 5.3k number1997: 5.4k number1998: 5.9k number1999: 6.2k number2000: 6.6k number2001: 6.5k number2002: 6.6k number2003: 5.7k number2004: 6.6k number2005: 6.9k number2006: 7.3k number2007: 7.4k number2008: 7.8k number2009: 8.2k number2010: 9.0k number2011: 9.0k number2012: 11.2k number2013: 11.4k number2014: 11.7k number2015: 12.0k number2016: 11.6k number2017: 10.9k number2018: 10.6k number2019: 10.0k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives stood at 10,014 number.

The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives peaked at 12,041 number in 2015 and was at its lowest, 347 number, in 1971.

That places Maldives 149th out of 196 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives, year by year

Annual values for Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number) in Maldives, 1970 to 2019.
Year number Change
1970 471 number —
1971 347 number -26.3%
1977 821 number +136.6%
1992 1,716 number +109.0%
1993 4,897 number +185.4%
1995 5,545 number +13.2%
1996 5,281 number -4.8%
1997 5,382 number +1.9%
1998 5,938 number +10.3%
1999 6,216 number +4.7%
2000 6,570 number +5.7%
2001 6,474 number -1.5%
2002 6,563 number +1.4%
2003 5,666 number -13.7%
2004 6,618 number +16.8%
2005 6,894 number +4.2%
2006 7,319 number +6.2%
2007 7,448 number +1.8%
2008 7,824 number +5.0%
2009 8,168 number +4.4%
2010 9,017 number +10.4%
2011 9,023 number +0.1%
2012 11,224 number +24.4%
2013 11,364 number +1.2%
2014 11,666 number +2.7%
2015 12,041 number +3.2%
2016 11,586 number -3.8%
2017 10,890 number -6.0%
2018 10,582 number -2.8%
2019 10,014 number -5.4%

Maldives compared with similar countries

  • Maldives's 10,014 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 77,918 number, 13% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Maldives's 10,014 number is below the median for South Asia, which is 367,484 number, 3% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1993 +185.4% 1,716 number 4,897 number
1977 +136.6% 347 number 821 number
1992 +109.0% 821 number 1,716 number

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 546.33 number 347 number 821 number 3
1990s 4,996 number 1,716 number 6,216 number 7
2000s 6,954 number 5,666 number 8,168 number 10
2010s 10,741 number 9,017 number 12,041 number 10

Countries ranked near Maldives

  1. 146 Cape Verde 11,843 number compare
  2. 147 Libya 11,554 number compare
  3. 148 Suriname 10,068 number compare
  4. 150 Macao 9,705 number compare
  5. 151 Singapore 9,429 number compare
  6. 152 Luxembourg 9,112 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives?
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Maldives was 10,014 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in pre-primary education, male recorded in Maldives?
The highest recorded value was 12,041 number in 2015.
What is the lowest enrolment in pre-primary education, male recorded in Maldives?
The lowest recorded value was 347 number in 1971.
How does Maldives rank for enrolment in pre-primary education, male?
Maldives ranks 149th out of 196 countries with data for 2019.
Is enrolment in pre-primary education, male rising or falling in Maldives?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Maldives data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 7,187 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) regardless of age. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.