Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Maldives

Children out of school in the Maldives in 2024 — 418 people. Ranked 14 in the world out of 120. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 85.6%.

2024 418 people −86.48% vs 2023
World rank 14of 120
Period maximum 3,089 people2023
Period minimum 418 people2024

Trend over time

1997–2024 · people

Children out of school — Maldives, 1997–202401,0002,0003,0004,00019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 2,901 people1999: 1,994 people2000: 1,835 people2001: 1,902 people2002: 1,963 people2004: 1,893 people2005: 2,146 people2006: 2,103 people2007: 2,521 people2008: 2,420 people2009: 1,907 people2010: 2,563 people2011: 2,155 people2012: 2,488 people2013: 2,629 people2014: 1,955 people2015: 2,054 people2016: 2,550 people2017: 2,322 people2018: 2,381 people2019: 2,263 people2020: 2,392 people2022: 2,494 people2023: 3,089 people2024: 418 people
Change over the period: −2,483 (−85.6%) Average annual rate: -6.93 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Maldives

Maldives 418 people
South Asia computed 6.54M people
Southern Asia computed 6.54M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.83M people
Children out of school — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 418 −2,671 −86.48%
2023 3,089 +595 +23.86%
2022 2,494
2020 2,392 +129 +5.71%
2019 2,263 −118 −4.95%
2018 2,381 +59 +2.54%
2017 2,322 −228 −8.95%
2016 2,550 +496 +24.14%
2015 2,054 +99 +5.07%
2014 1,955 −674 −25.63%
2013 2,629 +141 +5.67%
2012 2,488 +333 +15.44%
2011 2,155 −408 −15.91%
2010 2,563 +656 +34.4%
2009 1,907 −513 −21.2%
2008 2,420 −101 −4.01%
2007 2,521 +418 +19.88%
2006 2,103 −43 −2%
2005 2,146 +253 +13.37%
2004 1,893
2002 1,963 +61 +3.21%
2001 1,902 +67 +3.65%
2000 1,835 −159 −7.97%
1999 1,994
1997 2,901

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.