Maldives — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Maldives, 1971–2025.
GDP growth for Maldives was 6.31% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1971 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 37.51% in 2021. The lowest was -32.91% in 2020 (about -5.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.36% per year.
Maldives ranks 30 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for South Asia is 6.31%, so Maldives sits level with it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 63%. Within South Asia it ranks 3 of 6 economies; Sri Lanka (4.95%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1779% in 1977. That is 5% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1971 level: doubled by 1977. Doubling roughly every 195 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 61st of 142 in 1971 → 3rd of 152 in 1980 → 7th of 176 in 1990 → 112th of 199 in 2000 → 49th of 209 in 2010 → 207th of 209 in 2020 → 26th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1971 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.31% | +2.8 pp |
| 2024 | 3.49% | -1.4 pp |
| 2023 | 4.94% | -8.9 pp |
| 2022 | 13.83% | -23.7 pp |
| 2021 | 37.51% | +70.4 pp |
| 2020 | -32.91% | -39.8 pp |
| 2019 | 6.92% | -1.6 pp |
| 2018 | 8.57% | +1.5 pp |
| 2017 | 7.07% | +0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 6.38% | +2.5 pp |
| 2015 | 3.87% | -4.0 pp |
| 2014 | 7.86% | +0.9 pp |
| 2013 | 6.97% | +4.6 pp |
| 2012 | 2.39% | -6.5 pp |
| 2011 | 8.84% | +2.1 pp |
| 2010 | 6.79% | +15.1 pp |
| 2009 | -8.34% | -17.3 pp |
| 2008 | 8.98% | +1.8 pp |
| 2007 | 7.13% | -16.5 pp |
| 2006 | 23.63% | +34.8 pp |
| 2005 | -11.18% | -17.1 pp |
| 2004 | 5.92% | -7.8 pp |
| 2003 | 13.75% | +6.5 pp |
| 2002 | 7.27% | +11.2 pp |
| 2001 | -3.94% | -7.8 pp |
| 2000 | 3.85% | -2.3 pp |
| 1999 | 6.18% | -1.3 pp |
| 1998 | 7.49% | -0.9 pp |
| 1997 | 8.4% | +0.5 pp |
| 1996 | 7.86% | -5.1 pp |
| 1995 | 12.99% | +5.2 pp |
| 1994 | 7.75% | +2.2 pp |
| 1993 | 5.56% | -1.1 pp |
| 1992 | 6.67% | +5.2 pp |
| 1991 | 1.44% | -15.5 pp |
| 1990 | 16.95% | +7.6 pp |
| 1989 | 9.33% | +0.6 pp |
| 1988 | 8.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 8.83% | -0.5 pp |
| 1986 | 9.36% | -6.1 pp |
| 1985 | 15.42% | -11.5 pp |
| 1984 | 26.96% | +10.7 pp |
| 1983 | 16.26% | +19.3 pp |
| 1982 | -3.01% | -14.8 pp |
| 1981 | 11.76% | -6.8 pp |
| 1980 | 18.57% | +7.9 pp |
| 1979 | 10.66% | -4.0 pp |
| 1978 | 14.68% | +3.4 pp |
| 1977 | 11.25% | +10.7 pp |
| 1976 | 0.6% | +8.6 pp |
| 1975 | -7.99% | -13.7 pp |
| 1974 | 5.73% | +4.2 pp |
| 1973 | 1.58% | -0.8 pp |
| 1972 | 2.42% | -2.8 pp |
| 1971 | 5.21% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Maldives’s GDP growth in 1972?
2.42% (1972). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Maldives’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1971 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +21.2% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6.31%; 2024: 3.49%; 2023: 4.94%; 2022: 13.83%; 2021: 37.51%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.