Maldives's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 97.19% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.7 percentage points from 106.88% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 97.19% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 106.88% | 2007 |
| Highest | 106.88% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 95.17% | 2009 |
| Average since 2008 | 100.13% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 98.52% | 1997 |
Since 1997 it is down 1.34 percentage points from 98.52% in 1997. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2017, Maldives' gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) fell 5.16 percentage points on 2016 (from 102.34% to 97.19%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2016), the average change was −0.61 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.98 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.9 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Maldives had the 37th highest value of the 55 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 97.19% | 2017 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
| South Asia | 105.2% | 2018 |
| Upper middle income | 100.74% | 2018 |
Closest to Maldives in the 2017 ranking
What this measures
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 15 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 97.19 |
| 2016 | 102.34 |
| 2015 | 103.89 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | 95.17 |
| 2008 | 102.07 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 105.54% (2018)
- Bhutan — 105.15% (2018)
- India — 101.34% (2018)
- Nepal — 146.62% (2019)
- Sri Lanka — 98.78% (2017)
More education data for Maldives
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 44,013 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 99.71% (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 76.06% (2020)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 104.82% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 95.29% (2024)
- Secondary education, general pupils
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Maldives's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 97.19% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is down 1.34 percentage points from 98.52% in 1997. The highest value was 106.88% in 2007 and the lowest 95.17% in 2009.
- How does Maldives rank?
- 37th highest of 55 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Maldives?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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