Literacy rate, adult female in Maldives
Maldives: Literacy rate, adult female was 98.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate, adult female in Maldives, 1977–2019
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of females ages 15 and above.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 98.3% for literacy rate, adult female in 2019.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate, adult female in Maldives peaked at 98.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 82.2%, in 1977.
Maldives ranks 11th of 89 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Literacy rate, adult female in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of females ages 15 and above | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 82.2% | — |
| 1985 | 92.4% | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 96.2% | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 96.4% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 98.4% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 98.7% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 98.1% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 94.9% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 98.3% | +3.5% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 98.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 94.8%, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 98.3% is above the median for South Asia, which is 76.5%, 1.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 82.2% | 82.2% | 82.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 92.4% | 92.4% | 92.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.3% | 96.2% | 96.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 97.4% | 96.4% | 98.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 97.5% | 94.9% | 98.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More gender data for Maldives
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 86.61 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -2.93 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 453.06 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 453.06 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 2,667 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 2,787 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 2,752 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 2,869 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 2,832 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate, adult female in Maldives?
- Literacy rate, adult female in Maldives was 98.3% in 2019, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest literacy rate, adult female recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest literacy rate, adult female recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.2% in 1977.
- How does Maldives rank for literacy rate, adult female?
- Maldives ranks 11th out of 89 countries with data for 2019.
- Is literacy rate, adult female rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.