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 525,994 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it is a densely populated country, with 1,753 people per km2.

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

Maldives is holding the 159 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 7,481 millions of euros (8,092 millions of dollars), ( 122.95% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €14,223 euros per inhabitant$15,383 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Maldives was on March of 2025 and it was 5.4%.

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 0.762 points in 2022, leaving it in 87th place in the table of 193 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 [+]2023€6,085M
Annual GDP [+]2023$6,581M
GDP per capita [+]2023€11,568
GDP per capita [+]2023$12,512
Debt (M.€.) [+]20237,481
Debt ($M) [+]20238,092
Debt (%GDP) [+]2023122.95%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€14,223
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$15,383
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-805
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-871
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-13.23%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20232,852.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20233,085.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022268.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2022282.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202310.85%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022447.6
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022471.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202218.17%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202346.89%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€5,424
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$5,866
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€512
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$539
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€854
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$899
Fitch Rating [+]10/29/2021B-
Corruption Index [+]202339
Fragile States Index [+]202460.3
RTI Raking [+]202422º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$370.5
NMW [+]2022€327.0
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/22/202515.4200
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20255.4%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/01/20127.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020147º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202220.4%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20221,675,000
Exports [+]2023€389.7M
Exports [+]2023$421.4M
Exports % GDP [+]20236.40%
Imports [+]2023€3,234.2M
Imports [+]2023$3,497.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202353.15%
Trade balance [+]2023€-2,844.5M
Trade balance [+]2023$-3,075.8M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-46.75%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20231,753
Remittance received ($M) [+]20174.0
% Immigrant [+]202013.96%
% Emigrant [+]20200.74%
Birth Rate [+]202311.02‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017188.0
Crude death rate [+]20232.34‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.58
% risk of poverty [+]20195.4%
Population [+]2023525,994
Immigrant stock [+]202070,079
Emigrant stock [+]20203,715
HDI [+]20220.762
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2024132º
Life expectancy [+]202381.04
Suicides [+]201531
Suicide rate [+]20157.32
Number of homicides [+]20193
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20190.62
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20236.00
Consumption GWh [+]2023821
Generation GWh [+]2023847
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024316
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024186,694
Fully vaccinated [+]05/25/2023385,167
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024600.77
Doses administered [+]05/25/2023951,764