School age population, one year before than … both sexes than in Maldives
Maldives: School age population, one year before than … both sexes than was 7,545 number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, one year before than official primary entry in Maldives, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 7,545 number for school age population, one year before than official primary entry in 2020.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, one year before than official primary entry in Maldives peaked at 8,514 number in 1994 and was at its lowest, 3,838 number, in 1970.
Maldives ranks 167th of 202 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
School age population, one year before than … both sexes than in Maldives, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3,838 number | — |
| 1971 | 3,957 number | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 4,081 number | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 4,201 number | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 4,306 number | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 4,384 number | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 4,515 number | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 4,642 number | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 4,764 number | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 4,881 number | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 4,993 number | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 5,148 number | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 5,304 number | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 5,479 number | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 5,697 number | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 5,981 number | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 6,390 number | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 6,865 number | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 7,349 number | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 7,764 number | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 8,022 number | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 8,258 number | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 8,416 number | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 8,497 number | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 8,514 number | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 8,487 number | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 8,373 number | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 8,185 number | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 7,946 number | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 7,683 number | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 7,426 number | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 7,076 number | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 6,726 number | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 6,396 number | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 6,110 number | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 5,908 number | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 5,677 number | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 5,523 number | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 7,314 number | +32.4% |
| 2016 | 7,539 number | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 7,662 number | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 7,686 number | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 7,630 number | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 7,545 number | -1.1% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 7,545 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 117,878 number, 6% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 7,545 number is below the median for South Asia, which is 439,167 number, 2% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, one year before than … both sexes than 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +32.4% | 5,523 number | 7,314 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4,357 number | 3,838 number | 4,881 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,097 number | 4,993 number | 7,764 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,238 number | 7,683 number | 8,514 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,355 number | 5,523 number | 7,426 number | 8 |
| 2010s | 7,566 number | 7,314 number | 7,686 number | 5 |
| 2020s | 7,545 number | 7,545 number | 7,545 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, one year before than official primary entry in Maldives?
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry in Maldives was 7,545 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, one year before than official primary entry recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 8,514 number in 1994.
- What is the lowest school age population, one year before than official primary entry recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,838 number in 1970.
- How does Maldives rank for school age population, one year before than official primary entry?
- Maldives ranks 167th out of 202 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, one year before than official primary entry rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. 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 School age population, one year before than official primary entry age, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to one year before the official primary entry age as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/