Country
Maldives
- Region
- South Asia
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Male
- ISO code
- MV · MDV
69 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 530K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 24,401 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 81.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 3.6 t CO₂
Population
- Population 530K 2025 171st of 214
- Population density 1,771 people/km² 2024 7th of 212
- Population growth 0.36 % per year 2025 150th of 214
- Natural increase 8.7 per 1,000 people 2023 104th of 228
- Net migration -4.3 per 1,000 people 2025 188th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.56 births per woman 2024 137th of 214
- Urban population 42.5 % 2025 166th of 214
- Median age 31.1 years 2023 121st of 228
- Population aged 65+ 5.0 % 2025 146th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.5 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 164th of 214
- Children under 15 19.0 % 2025 128th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 81.3 years 2024 43rd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 83.0 years 2024 49th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 79.9 years 2024 33rd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 3.1 years 2024 197th of 214
- Infant mortality 4.7 per 1,000 births 2024 147th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 5.4 per 1,000 births 2024 151st of 195
- Maternal mortality 32 per 100,000 births 2023 114th of 193
- Health spending per person 1,159 USD 2023 59th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 2,288 $ (PPP) 2023 59th of 191
- Physicians 2.24 per 1,000 people 2019 81st of 179
- Hospital beds 4.6 per 1,000 people 2021 29th of 150
- Measles immunization 99 % 2024 1st of 191
- Tobacco use 25.5 % 2024 45th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,671 kcal per day 2023 130th of 175
- Meat supply 29.6 kg per person per year 2023 127th of 175
Economy
- GDP 7.7B USD 2025 150th of 185
- GDP per capita 14,615 USD 2025 70th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 24,401 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 74th of 184
- GDP growth 6.3 % 2025 26th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 5.9 % 2025 13th of 185
- Inflation 4.0 % 2025 51st of 169
- Unemployment 4.5 % 2025 108th of 181
- Youth unemployment 15.7 % 2025 71st of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 26.3 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 156 % of GDP 2024 15th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 29.3 2019 127th of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.0 % 2019 138th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 3.8 % of GDP 2024 113th of 187
- Women in the labour force 40.7 % 2025 147th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.766 2023 93rd of 192
- Literacy rate 98.2 % 2019 24th of 122
- Education spending 4.7 % of GDP 2022 59th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 79 % 2023 112th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 48 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 95 % 2023 72nd of 135
- Women in parliament 3.2 % 2025 179th of 183
- Homicide rate 0.6 per 100,000 people 2019 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 1.9 Mt CO₂ 2024 151st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 3.6 t CO₂ 2024 82nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 4.37 t CO₂ 2024 80th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 172nd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 4.0 t CO₂e 2024 103rd of 201
- Forest area 12.5 % of land 2024 151st of 208
- Water stress 16 % 2022 74th of 176
- Arable land 13.1 % of land 2024 82nd of 205
- Renewable energy 1.4 % of final energy 2021 183rd of 210
- Renewable electricity 7.1 % of electricity 2024 158th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 7.1 % of electricity 2024 64th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 615 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 45th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,610 kWh 2024 118th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 11.2 µg/m³ 2023 146th of 199
Maldives on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldDivehi · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldMaldivian rufiyaa (MVR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+5Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, D, G, J, K, L · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 2 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)