Youth literacy in Maldives
In Maldives, 98.7% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2019.
The latest value for Maldives is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Maldives, 2019
98.7%
Change from 2017
+0.6percentage points
Youth literacy in Maldives over time
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Maldives
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Maldives |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 98.7% |
| 2017 | 98.1% |
| 2016 | 98.8% |
| 2014 | 99.3% |
| 2006 | 99.3% |
| 2000 | 98.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 98.1% in 2017, a change of +0.6 percentage points.
- Since 1977, when it was 85.6%, the figure has changed by +13.1 percentage points.