International Rankings of Maldives 2022, 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	41	12.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	134	63685	2020
Internet users - percent of population	41	63.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	161	340542	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	3.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	168	14508	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	35	133.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	161	717708	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	152	1.643 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	159	1.190 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	100	10.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	124	876.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	162	848.800 million US Dollars	2016
Exports	135	3.720 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	162	4.505 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	12	93.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	1	89.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	115	3.00 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	129	16.00 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	20	81.00 % of GDP	2015
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	104	31 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	38	33.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	910
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	39	1.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	143	4.090 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	4	14.00 %	2012
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	62	2.30 %	2017
Labor force	160	222200 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	95	8 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	47	23 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	47	70 %	2017
Population below poverty line	135	8 %	2016
Public debt	57	63.90 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	160	7.050 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	36	4.80 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	94	13000 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	147	477.900 million US Dollars	2016
Taxes and other revenues	86	26.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	136	2.90 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	69	17.20	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	100	9.70	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	77	13.90	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	147	2.286 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	151	2.286 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	159	586.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	143	545000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	171	21.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	4	99.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	66	0.40 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	89	59.690 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	144	15300 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	138	10840 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	141	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	171	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	125	23	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10	2018
Land use - forest	153	3	2018
Land use - other	20	74	2018
Land use - permanent crops	28	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	135	3	2018
Total renewable water resources	169	30.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	156	300000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	166	5.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	55	2.34	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	131	42	2023
Geography
Area - land	192	298 sq km	N/A
Area - total	192	298 sq km	N/A
Coastline	88	644 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	163	85 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	146	2 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	125	23	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10	2018
Land use - forest	153	3	2018
Land use - other	20	74	2018
Land use - permanent crops	28	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	135	3	2018
Population Density	10	1309.28 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	73	17.24	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	11	48.91	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	125	6.91	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	127	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	57	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	102	15.54 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	30	15 %	1617
Contraceptive prevalence rate	113	18.80 %	1617
Current health expenditure	33	8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	166	4.15 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	123	6.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	36	16.20 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	163	35.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	116	29.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	11	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - unimproved	51	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	26	6 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	30	4.30 beds/1,000 population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	62	22.49 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	62	28.76 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	62	25.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	76	79 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	75	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	73	77 years	N/A
Literacy - female	15	98 %	2016
Literacy - male	22	97 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	19	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	80	53.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	90	30 years	2020
Median age - male	84	29 years	N/A
Median age - total	83	30 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	51	23	1617
Net migration rate	174	12.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	106	8.60 %	2016
Physicians density	78	2.05 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	167	390164	2022
Population growth rate	145	0.14 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	105	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	109	1 % of population	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	14 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	4	1.20	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	11	1.11	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.89	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	66	6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	23	44 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	41	25 %	2020
Total fertility rate	103	1.71 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	55	2.34	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	131	42	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	69	17.20	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	100	9.70	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	77	13.90	N/A
Transportation
Airports	111	9	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	39	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	7	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	2	N/A
Merchant marine - total	93	68	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	89	7.750 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	93	1.147 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	70	36.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Roadways - paved	144	93 km	2018
Roadways - total	154	93 km	2018

*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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