Maldives Maldives

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Maldives, is a country located at Southern Asia, it has an area of 300 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Maldives, with a population of 521,457 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it is a densely populated country, with 1,738 people per km2.

It's capital is Malé and its currency is Maldivian rufiyaa

Maldives is holding the 156 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 6,770 millions of euros (7,135 millions of dollars), ( 114.37% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €12,982 euros per inhabitant$13,682 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Maldives was on January of 2024 and it was 0.9%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Maldives, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.747 points in 2021, leaving it in 90th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Maldives are business, you must know it's in the 147th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Maldives, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Malé: Monthly Temp.
Malé: Monthly Rainfall
Maldives Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€5,919M
Annual GDP [+]2022$6,238M
GDP per capita [+]2022€11,351
GDP per capita [+]2022$11,963
Debt (M.€.) [+]20226,770
Debt ($M) [+]20227,135
Debt (%GDP) [+]2022114.37%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€12,982
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$13,682
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-708
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-746
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-11.96%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20222,457.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]20222,590.0
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2019206.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2019230.8
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.91%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017271.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017306.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201721.78%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202241.52%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€4,713
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$4,967
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019€409
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019$457
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€637
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$720
Fitch Rating [+]10/29/2021B-
Corruption Index [+]202240
Fragile States Index [+]201872.4
RTI Raking [+]202222º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$370.5
NMW [+]2022€327.0
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/202415.3800
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]January 20240.9%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/01/20127.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020147º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202117.7%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,702,887
Exports [+]2021€241.3M
Exports [+]2021$285.4M
Exports % GDP [+]20215.30%
Imports [+]2021€2,176.4M
Imports [+]2021$2,574.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202147.77%
Trade balance [+]2021€-1,935.1M
Trade balance [+]2021$-2,288.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-42.47%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20211,738
Remittance received ($M) [+]20174.0
% Immigrant [+]202013.62%
% Emigrant [+]20200.72%
Birth Rate [+]202114.09‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017188.0
Crude death rate [+]20213.02‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.69
% risk of poverty [+]20195.4%
Population [+]2021521,457
Immigrant stock [+]202070,079
Emigrant stock [+]20203,715
HDI [+]20210.747
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023124º
Life expectancy [+]202179.92
Suicides [+]201531
Suicide rate [+]20157.20
Number of homicides [+]20193
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20190.59
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20214.74
Consumption GWh [+]2021639
Generation GWh [+]2021662
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024316
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024186,694
Fully vaccinated [+]05/25/2023385,167
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024605.99
Doses administered [+]05/25/2023951,764