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Maldives: Lower secondary school starting age

12years · 2025-7.7% since 2015

Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. Annual figures for Maldives from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
202512
202412
202312
202212
202113
202013
201913
201813
201713
201613
201513
201413
201313
201213
201113
201013
200913
200813
200713
200613
200513
200413
200313
200213
200113
200013
199913
199813
199711
199611
199511
199411
199311
199211
199111
199011
198911
198811
198711
198611
198511
198411
198311
198211
198111
198011
197911
197811
197711
197611
197511
197411
197311
197211
197111
197011

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary school starting age. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-school-starting-age (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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