International Rankings of Maldives 2023, 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	42	12	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	140	63685	2020
Internet users - percent of population	22	86 %	2021
Internet users - total	167	447200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	3	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	174	14005	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	29	135	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	166	706043	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	156	1.797 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	168	993.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	104	10.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	115	457.562 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	169	848.800 million US Dollars	2016
Exports	139	3.950 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	170	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	135	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	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	145	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	121	3 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	137	16 % of GDP	2015
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	26	81 % of GDP	2015
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	111	29.3 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	39	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
Imports	158	3.501 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	94	4.51 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	170	0.54 %	2021
Labor force	173	229300 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	102	7.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	50	22.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	53	69.5 %	2017
Population below poverty line	144	8.2 %	2016
Public debt	66	63.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	163	9.785 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	1	41.75 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	90	18800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	153	805.808 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	38	26.4 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	122	6.08 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	111	12.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	63	19.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	78	17.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	151	2.286 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	166	586.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	148	545000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	178	21.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	4	99.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	69	0.4 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	92	59.690 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	147	15300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	145	10840 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	147	1.44 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	174	0.14 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	178	7.63 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	134	23.3	2018
Land use - arable land	96	10	2018
Land use - forest	164	3	2018
Land use - other	22	73.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	30	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	145	3.3	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	175	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	145	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	106	300000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	112	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	58	2.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	137	42	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	210	298 sq km	0
Area - total	211	298 sq km	0
Area - water	183	0209 sq km	0
Coastline	98	644 km	0
Elevation - highest point	192	85 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	151	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	134	23.3	2018
Land use - arable land	96	10	2018
Land use - forest	164	3	2018
Land use - other	22	73.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	30	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	145	3.3	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	0
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	132	0.33 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	104	0.45 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	131	1.38 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	60	0.59 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	106	15.33 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	32	14.8 %	1617
Contraceptive prevalence rate	118	18.8 %	1617
Current health expenditure	14	11.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	10	71.9 %	2023
Death rate	185	4.2 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	133	6.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	36	16.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	174	35.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	126	29.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	11	99 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	98	0.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	54	1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	28	5.8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	86	0.83 %	2023
Hospital bed density	30	4.3 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	67	21.89 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	64	28 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	64	25.02 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	86	79.66 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	82	74.84 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	82	77.19 years	0
Literacy - female	15	98.4 %	2021
Literacy - male	19	97.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	19	97.9 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	84	57 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	98	30 years	2020
Median age - male	91	29.2 years	0
Median age - total	92	29.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	52	23.2	1617
Net migration rate	194	12.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	112	8.6 %	2016
Physicians density	78	2.05 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	177	389568	2023
Population growth rate	151	0.17 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	112	0.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	116	0.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	14 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	14	1.09 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	70	6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	25	44.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	45	25.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	112	1.7 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	58	2.34	2025
Urbanization - urban population	137	42	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	111	12.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	63	19.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	78	17.7	0
Transportation
Airports	114	9	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	96	21000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	97	80	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	92	7.750 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	96	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	155	93 km	2018
Roadways - total	182	93 km	2018
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Maldives on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Maldives 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Maldives 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.