Primary completion (UIS) in Maldives

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Maldives
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Maldives, 98.2% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2017.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2008 to 2017 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for Maldives is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2019.

Maldives, 2017 98.2% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2008 +1.4percentage points 2008: 96.8%

Primary completion (UIS) in Maldives over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2008 to 2017
Period	Maldives
2017	98.2%
2008	96.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 96.8% in 2008, a change of +1.4 percentage points.

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All statistics for Maldives

Lower secondary completion 90.7% 2017 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 93.8% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 24.3% 2025 · ILOSTAT Upper secondary completion 40.3% 2017 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 0.9% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 9.5% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2008 to 2017 for Maldives
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

Maldives by sex

Total 98.2%2017
Girls 99.1%2017
Boys 97.2%2017

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What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.
This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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