Life expectancy
81.3 · 2024
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Maldives
$13,379GDP per capita · 2024
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
527.8K · 2024
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Population growth
0.3% · 2024
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Urban population
42.0% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
3.6 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
-18.7% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
-8.4% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
57.3% · 2011
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Government gross debt
125.4% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
4.5% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
No data
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Output & growth
GDP
$7.1B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$7.7B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 14.9B · 2025
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GDP growth
3.5% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$13,379 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$18,658 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$11,640 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
5.0% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
1.4% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
3.5% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
29.3 · 2019
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Internet users
85.2% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
78.2% · 2024
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Imports
78.3% · 2024
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Trade
156.5% · 2024
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