Maldives Literacy Rate 1977-2025

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Literacy Rate

Maldives literacy rate for 2021 was 97.86%, a 0.13% increase from 2016.

Maldives literacy rate for 2016 was 97.73%, a 0.88% decline from 2014.
Maldives literacy rate for 2014 was 98.61%, a 0.21% increase from 2006.
Maldives literacy rate for 2006 was 98.40%, a 2.07% increase from 2000.

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.