male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 15
Government ::Maldives
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Maldives
conventional short form: Maldives
local long form: Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa
local short form: Dhivehi Raajje