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General Information

Region		Southern Asia
Population (000, 2025)		530^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		1 765.6^a
Capital city		Male
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		176.9^c
UN membership date		21 September 1965
Surface area (km2)		300^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		161.1^a
National currency		Rufiyaa (MVR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		15.4^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 130	3 713	6 591^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4	-32.9	4.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	9 645.0	7 394.0	12 530.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	6.2	8.3	6^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	12.1	13.8	11.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	81.7	77.9	82.7^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	8.3	8.2	7.7^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	23.5	24.7	25^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	68.3	67.1	67.3^b
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	6.6	5.4	5
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	39.6 / 69.3	40.3 / 75.5	41.1 / 76.9
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	132ⁱ	135^j	145^j,d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	107	98^b
International trade: exports^k (million current US$)	144	163	92^d
International trade: imports^k (million current US$)	1 897	1 838	3 634^d
International trade: balance^k (million current US$)	- 1 753	- 1 675	- 3 542^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-302	- 1 327	- 1 257^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3.6	2.8	0.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	38.5	40.2^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.9^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	80.1 / 77.5	80.4 / 77.5	83.2 / 80.2^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	23.2 / 5.7	21.2 / 6.3	19.0 / 7.9^a
International migrant stock^o (000/% of total pop.)	64.3 / 15.0	70.1 / 14.0	75.1 / 14.2^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	9.7	6.8	5.2^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.7	11.3	9.7^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.9^q	2.2^l	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.0 / 95.5	101.5 / 93.5	105.4 / 96.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	109.3 / 99.8	100.8 / 91.0	101.4 / 92.1^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	41.6 / 26.1^l	44.8 / 30.2^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.9	0.6^l	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	5.9	4.6^r	3.2^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	54.5	79.1	84.7^b
Threatened species (number)	69	80	184^d
Forested area (% of land area)	2.7	2.7	2.7^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.3 / 3.1	1.7 / 3.5	2.3 / 4.3^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	43	48	60^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	1 234	555	1 675^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.63	9.16	3.47^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2018
d		2024
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		As of 2011, trade in services data reflect the improvement of the coverage of balance of payments statistics that was implemented in September 2012.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Refers to foreign citizens.
p		2022
q		2014
r		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
s		Arrivals by air.