International Rankings of Maldives 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Maldives, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Maldives, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	91	13.53	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	136	52976	0
Internet users - percent of population	106	63.19 %	2018
Internet users - total	166	248004	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	153	4.26	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	179	16664	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	4	211.51	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	162	828042	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	157	1.643 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	163	1.190 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	104	10.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	93	52.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	116	53.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	45	89.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	124	55.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	166	4.505 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	12	93.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	134	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	185	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	1	89 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	142	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	121	3 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	134	16 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	23	81 % of GDP	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	38	33.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	910
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	39	1.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	4	14 %	2012
Labor force	164	222200 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	101	7.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	49	22.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	49	69.5 %	2017
Population below poverty line	140	8.2	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	158	10.370 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	69	19531 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	91	26.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	157	1.648 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	173	373.900 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	5	96	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	37	4	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	159	278000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	163	402.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	130	11000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	141	10840 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	143	1.44 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	170	0.14 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	175	7.63 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	130	23.3	2018
Land use - arable land	94	10	2018
Land use - forest	162	3	2018
Land use - other	21	73.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	30	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	143	3.3	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	173	30.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	170	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	300000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	5.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	57	2.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	141	41.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	203	298 sq km	0
Area - total	202	298 sq km	0
Area - water	174	0209 sq km	0
Coastline	94	644 km	0
Elevation - highest point	179	85 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	149	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	130	23.3	2018
Land use - arable land	94	10	2018
Land use - forest	162	3	2018
Land use - other	21	73.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	30	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	143	3.3	2018
Total renewable water resources	172	30.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	76	17.24 %	9745
Age structure - 25-54 years	12	48.91 %	7465
Age structure - 55-64 years	133	6.91 %	4123
Birth rate	105	15.69 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	117	18.8 %	1617
Current Health Expenditure	19	9.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	183	4.12 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	125	4.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	12	21.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	152	30.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	133	25.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	15	98.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	55	1.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	38	4.1 % of GDP	2016
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	28	4.3 beds/1,000 population	2009
Infant mortality rate - female	65	23.1 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	66	29.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	65	26.4 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	82	79.18 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	76	74.31 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	82	76.69 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	81	53	2017
Median age - female	94	30 years	2020
Median age - male	86	29.2 years	0
Median age - total	88	29.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	43	24.5	2009
Net migration rate	179	12.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	111	8.6 %	2016
Physicians density	12	4.56 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	171	390669	2021
Population growth rate	149	0.12 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	3	1.27	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	8	1.19	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	30	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.81 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	7	1.13 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	112	1.71 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	94	12.1	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	52	19.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	73	15.9	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	57	2.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	141	41.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	113	9	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	91	7.750 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	95	1.147 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	72	36	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	4	93.602 million km	2018
Roadways - total	163	93 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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