GDP Per Capita, PPP (USD, thousands) 24.74 (2023)
Prosperity
Data360 Economy Snapshot
GDP Growth (annual %) 4.73 (2023)
Population (millions) 0.53 (2023)
Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Inflation, Consumer Prices (annual %) 2.93 (2023)
Employment to Population Ratio (%) 60.73 (2019)
MALDIVES Urban Population (%) 41.97 (2023)
SOUTH ASIA (SAS) ; UPPER MIDDLE INCOME Female/Male Labor Force (%) 64.39 (2019)
Trade
Trade Balance and Current Account SOURCE: WDI
Current US$, billion % of GDP
Top Exports, by % of total value (2019) SOURCE: WITS
Top Imports, by % of total value (2019) SOURCE: WITS
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Investment
FDI Investments Inv. with private participation (USD, bn.)
SOURCE: WDI
Sectoral composition
Value added, % GDP Employment, % of total
SOURCE: WDI
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Value Added in Manufacturing (%)
SOURCE: WDI
Finance - Access & Stability
Indicator Year Overall Female Male SAS SAS(F) SAS(M) WLD WLD(F) WLD(M)
Account (% age 15+) 2017 79.55 74.18 85.47 52.1 45.13 59.16 61.28 57.82 64.72
Financial institution account (% age 15+) 2017 79.44 74.18 85.26 50.26 44.38 56.23 58.07 54.87 61.26
Mobile money account (% age 15+) 2017 23.3 19.18 27.85 9.46 5.49 13.52 14.75 12.47 17.12
Owns a debit or credit card (% age 15+) 2017 72.36 66.97 78.32 23.61 19.36 27.98 46.06 43.16 48.95
Made or received a digital payment (% age 15+) 2017 67.83 61.08 75.27 31.8 24.5 39.26 53.6 50.11 57.03
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay
2017 26.61 21.23 32.55 6.46 4.38 8.64 21.5 19.71 23.34
bills (% age 15+)
Used a debit or credit card (% age 15+) 2017 53.01 - - 27.3 - - 39.05 - -
Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults) 2021 13.77 - - 15.46 - - 16.1 - -
Bank capital to assets ratio (%) 2021 15.78 - - 8.49 - - 9.79 - -
Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans (%) 2022 5.94 - - 5.94 - - 3.41 - -
SOURCE: FINDEX & WDI
Competitiveness
Doing Business Categories
Indicator Year MDV SAS WLD Indicator Year MDV SAS WLD
Doing Business 2020 53.27 58.17 63.05 Protecting minority investors 2020 32.0 57.0 51.57
Starting a business 2020 89.16 86.32 84.36 Paying taxes 2020 66.42 60.17 69.46
Dealing with construction permits 2020 72.99 65.28 65.85 Trading across borders 2020 55.87 65.28 71.45
Getting electricity 2020 55.58 62.61 69.66 Enforcing contracts 2020 52.47 43.53 56.35
Registering property 2020 39.97 47.57 62.06 Resolving insolvency 2020 33.29 40.81 45.36
Getting credit 2020 35.0 53.12 54.42
SOURCE: DOING BUSINESS
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Enterprise Survey - Constraints
SOURCE: ENTERPRISE SURVEYS
Global Competitiveness Index Enabling the Business of Agriculture
SOURCE: WEF GCI SOURCE: EBA
Logistics Performance Index (2018)
SOURCE: LPI
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