MDV / South Asia

Maldives

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Capital
Malé
Currency
Maldivian rufiyaa
Continent
Asia
Area
298 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q826 ↗ · Official languages: Maldivian
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
529.68K · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
7.74B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
14.61K · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
4.01 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
4.51 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
1.56 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
81.29 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Population growth ↗
0.35 · 2025
%
World Bank · SP.POP.GROW
GDP growth ↗
6.31 · 2025
%
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
GDP per capita, PPP ↗
28.55K · 2025
current international $ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD
Population ages 65+ ↗
4.96 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
Urban population ↗
42.51 · 2025
% of total population
World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Labor force participation ↗
63.5 · 2025
% of population ages 15+
World Bank · SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
Youth unemployment ↗
15.69 · 2025
% of labor force ages 15–24
World Bank · SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Internet users ↗
85.24 · 2024
% of population
World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS
Trade ↗
156.47 · 2024
% of GDP
World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
FDI net inflows ↗
11.42 · 2024
% of GDP
World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

people · 2006–2025
2025Maldives: 529.68K
Maldives · Population292.27K357.02K421.76K486.51K551.26K2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Maldives · Population · people
YearMaldives
2025529,676
2024527,799
2023525,994
2022524,106
2021516,154
2020502,118
2019487,731
2018473,099
2017458,287
2016443,308
2015428,154
2014413,617
2013400,070
2012386,818
2011373,674
2010360,792
2009348,275
2008336,170
2007324,479
2006313,851
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Maldives: 7.74B
Maldives · GDP958.61M2.81B4.66B6.51B8.36B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Maldives · GDP · current US$
YearMaldives
20257,741,066,860.63
20247,061,608,267.25
20236,621,008,703.96
20226,177,123,352.26
20215,252,457,369.55
20203,712,604,583.37
20195,726,094,799.38
20185,404,344,162.7
20174,816,426,256.53
20164,409,942,623.86
20154,129,505,319.13
20143,697,353,039.2
20133,295,009,237.5
20122,886,163,997.21
20112,774,350,240.05
20102,588,176,054.69
20092,345,294,875
20082,271,646,187.5
20071,868,383,460.94
20061,575,200,390.63

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Maldives: 14.61K
Maldives · GDP per capita4,059.376,938.19,816.8312.7K15.57K2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Maldives · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearMaldives
202514,614.72
202413,379.35
202312,587.61
202211,786.02
202110,176.14
20207,393.89
201911,740.27
201811,423.28
201710,509.63
20169,947.81
20159,644.91
20148,939.07
20138,236.08
20127,461.3
20117,424.52
20107,173.6
20096,734.03
20086,757.43
20075,758.1
20065,018.94
% · 2006–2025
2025Maldives: 4.01
Maldives · Inflation-2.711.315.349.3613.382006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Maldives · Inflation · %
YearMaldives
20254.01
20241.41
20232.9
20222.33
20210.54
2020-1.37
20190.22
2018-0.13
20172.82
20160.5
20150.95
20142.12
20133.81
201210.88
201111.27
20106.15
20094.53
200812.04
20076.79
20062.74

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Maldives: 4.51
Maldives · Unemployment3.255.557.8610.1612.462006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Maldives · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearMaldives
20254.51
20244.28
20234.02
20224.3
20215.02
20205.42
20194.56
20184.96
20175.38
20165.77
20156.61
20147.46
20138.3
20129.13
201110.04
201010.88
200911.7
200810.36
20079.42
20068.35

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Maldives: —
Maldives · Fertility rate1.481.731.982.222.472006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Maldives · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearMaldives
2025No data available
20241.56
20231.58
20221.58
20211.6
20201.61
20191.64
20181.71
20171.8
20161.9
20152
20142.09
20132.17
20122.25
20112.31
20102.35
20092.39
20082.37
20072.29
20062.2

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Maldives: —
Maldives · Life expectancy74.6576.4678.2780.0881.892006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Maldives · Life expectancy · years
YearMaldives
2025No data available
202481.29
202381.04
202280.76
202178.05
202078.71
201979.71
201879.43
201779.23
201678.91
201578.61
201478.19
201377.85
201277.51
201177.14
201076.76
200976.37
200876
200775.71
200675.26
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 25, 2026Methodology ↗

About the data for Maldives

17 World Bank indicators each use their latest available observation, so reference years can differ. Open any indicator card to explore its historical series. Missing observations are preserved. Country information comes from Wikidata.