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Maldives
South Asia · Upper middle income · capital Male
Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old81.3years
Ranks 44 of 217 in 2024
9% above world median · 10% above South Asia
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old5.4per 1,000 live births
Ranks 43 of 196 in 2024
64% below world median · 74% below South Asia
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old32per 100,000 live births
Ranks 80 of 194 in 2023
32% below world median · 50% below South Asia
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2017 · 9 years old15.3% of under-5s
Ranks 12 of 30 in 2017
13% below world median · 40% below South Asia
Medians computed across 30 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old9.25% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
46% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.56births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
18% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2019 · 7 years old98.2% of adults 15+
Ranks 10 of 56 in 2019
6% above world median · 31% above South Asia
Medians computed across 56 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old99.7% gross
Ranks 63 of 134 in 2024
about the same world median · 13% below South Asia
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old5.17% of GDP
Ranks 26 of 121 in 2023
41% above world median · 31% above South Asia
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old14,615current US$
Ranks 70 of 186 in 2025
85% above world median · 3.1× above South Asia
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old28,555international $
Ranks 73 of 185 in 2025
41% above world median · 98% above South Asia
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2019 · 7 years old0.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 78 in 2019
1.0× below world median · 1.0× below South Asia
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2019 · 7 years old29.3index, 0–100
Ranks 17 of 78 in 2019
13% below world median · 13% below South Asia
Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old4.5% of labour force
Ranks 74 of 182 in 2025
11% below world median · 10% above South Asia
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old4.0% per year
Not ranked — no better end
32% above world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same South Asia
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old85.2% of population
Ranks 79 of 182 in 2024
4% above world median · 43% above South Asia
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old3.57t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
40% above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old529.7kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
92% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Maldives has no figure in this dataset for Military spending, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.