Primary net enrolment in Maldives

In Maldives, 99.1% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1997.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 1997 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Maldives, 2024 99.1% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2023 +5.9percentage points 2023: 93.2%

Primary net enrolment in Maldives over time

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

Total net enrolment rate, primary education (% of children of primary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period Maldives
2024 99.1%
2023 93.2%
2022 94.6%
2020 95.5%
2019 95.6%
2018 95.1%
2017 95.0%
2016 94.3%
2015 95.2%
2014 95.2%
2013 93.4%
2012 93.7%
2011 94.6%
2010 95.3%
2009 95.5%
2008 94.6%
2007 94.6%
2006 95.7%
2005 95.8%
2004 96.4%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2002 96.5%
2001 96.7%

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.9 percentage points from 93.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 93.4%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
NERT.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2024 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