How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?

Maldives ranks 39th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.

Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Maldives?

Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Maldives

Name: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Maldives
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Maldives: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female was 9.98 years in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)

9.98 years

Change on year

down 2.6%

World rank

39th

of 188 countries

All-time high

11.89 years

in 2003

All-time low

9.98 years

in 2019

Years of data

1998–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Maldives, 1998–2019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

Maldives recorded 9.98 years for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Maldives peaked at 11.89 years in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9.98 years, in 2019.

Maldives ranks 39th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	10.88 years	10.5 years	11.25 years	2
2000s	11.57 years	11.12 years	11.89 years	10
2010s	10.18 years	9.98 years	10.32 years	5

Countries ranked near Maldives

36 Uruguay 10.06 years compare
37 Iceland 10.04 years compare
38 Hong Kong 10 years compare
40 Sao Tome and Principe 9.98 years compare
41 Vietnam 9.93 years compare
42 Saint Lucia 9.93 years compare

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More reference data data for Maldives

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0001 (2050)
Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0033 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 1.16 (2050)
Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0033 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 0.0004 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 0.0018 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Maldives?: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female in Maldives was 9.98 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Maldives?: The highest recorded value was 11.89 years in 2003.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female recorded in Maldives?: The lowest recorded value was 9.98 years in 2019.
How does Maldives rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female?: Maldives ranks 39th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female rising or falling in Maldives?: Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Maldives data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified levels of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.