Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Maldives

Gross tertiary enrolment in Maldives was 48.5% in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2003.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 2003 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Maldives, 2022 48.5% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2021 +24.7percentage points 2021: 23.8%
World, 2022 42.0% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Maldives over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period MaldivesWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 48.5% 42.0%
2021 23.8% 41.1%
2020 27.1% 39.7%
2019 24.6% 38.7%
2018 – 37.9%
2017 33.3% 37.5%
2016 – 37.1%
2015 – 36.6%
2014 13.7% 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 – 32.3%
2011 – 31.1%
2010 – 29.6%
2009 – 28.3%
2008 11.4% 27.4%
2007 10.3% 26.3%
2006 – 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 0.2% 22.8%
2002 – 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +24.7 percentage points from 23.8% in 2021.
  • Since 2003, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by +48.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 42.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2022 for Maldives
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics