Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives
Maldives: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 1.37 index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 1.37 index for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives peaked at 1.37 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0 index, in 1981.
That places Maldives 8th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0987 index | 0 index | 0.2301 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.4284 index | 0.2697 index | 0.5873 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7817 index | 0.6251 index | 0.9384 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 index | 0.9947 index | 1.28 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 index | 1.29 index | 1.37 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Maldives
- 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)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 2,953 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 2,854 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 3,036 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 2,877 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 3,154 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Maldives was 1.37 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 index in 1981.
- How does Maldives rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Maldives ranks 8th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.