Adult literacy rate, women in Maldives
Adult literacy rate, women in the Maldives was 98.3% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 11th highest of 58 countries in 2019.
Adult literacy rate, women in Maldives, 1977 to 2019
All 10 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 98.3 |
| 2017 | 94.9 |
| 2016 | 98.1 |
| 2014 | 98.7 |
| 2006 | 98.4 |
| 2000 | 96.4 |
| 1995 | 96.4 |
| 1990 | 96.2 |
| 1985 | 92.4 |
| 1977 | 82.2 |
Rankings
Definition
Women aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of women aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.
How to cite
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Citation styles
APA 7
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS) (Adult literacy rate, women, Maldives, 1977 to 2019) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS
MLA 9
Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS), Adult literacy rate, women, Maldives, 1977 to 2019. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-women/maldives. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Adult literacy rate, women, Maldives, 1977 to 2019. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-women/maldives.
Harvard
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS), Adult literacy rate, women, Maldives, 1977 to 2019 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-women/maldives (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{unesco_adult_literacy_rate_women_2019,
author = {{UNESCO Institute for Statistics}},
title = {{Literacy rate, adult female, \% of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS): Adult literacy rate, women, Maldives, 1977 to 2019}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Retrieved through World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adult-literacy-rate-women/maldives. Publisher attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult female, \% of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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What is the adult literacy rate, women in Maldives?
Adult literacy rate, women in the Maldives was 98.3% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is the 11th highest of 58 countries in 2019.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult female, % of females ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate, women in Maldives?
98.7% in 2014, the highest value since 1977 in this series.