Maldives — GDP (PPP)
GDP (PPP) for Maldives, 1990–2025.
GDP (PPP) for Maldives was 15.12 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1.02 billion in 1990 (about 14.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.02% per year.
Maldives ranks 159 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for South Asia is 371.27 billion, so Maldives sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 98%. Within South Asia it ranks 6 of 6 economies; Bhutan (15.61 billion) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 46% in 2021. That is 42% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1998; grown tenfold by 2018. Doubling roughly every 9.0 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 161st of 186 in 1990 → 167th of 194 in 2000 → 162nd of 200 in 2010 → 160th of 198 in 2020 → 153rd of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,124,842,334.66 | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 13,839,316,145.19 | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 13,048,139,899.24 | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 11,989,913,320.51 | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 9,834,087,308.93 | +45.9% |
| 2020 | 6,741,118,651.23 | -40.1% |
| 2019 | 11,255,471,307.33 | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 10,360,598,102.11 | +14.4% |
| 2017 | 9,059,366,711.74 | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 8,320,672,192.78 | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 7,653,295,112.38 | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 6,916,720,148.35 | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 6,106,704,769.13 | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 5,411,041,263.87 | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 5,129,171,219.95 | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 4,617,173,537.03 | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 4,271,869,073.29 | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 4,632,025,837.03 | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 4,170,136,718.77 | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 3,789,796,513.87 | +27.4% |
| 2005 | 2,973,722,869.6 | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 3,246,149,989.61 | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 2,984,325,951.85 | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 2,572,787,193.49 | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 2,361,756,426.34 | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 2,404,575,740.99 | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 2,264,235,680.68 | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 2,102,781,086.33 | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 1,934,431,770.37 | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 1,754,312,838.29 | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 1,597,250,633.32 | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 1,384,642,343 | +10.1% |
| 1993 | 1,258,192,127.28 | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 1,164,358,702.12 | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 1,067,223,261.74 | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 1,017,631,080.56 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Maldives’s GDP (PPP) in 1991?
1,067,223,261.74 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Maldives’s GDP (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Maldives’s GDP (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1386.3% in total — about 8.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD. 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: 15,124,842,334.66; 2024: 13,839,316,145.19; 2023: 13,048,139,899.24; 2022: 11,989,913,320.51; 2021: 9,834,087,308.93. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD — GDP (PPP). 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.