Maldives — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Maldives, 1986–2025.
Inflation for Maldives was 4.01% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 40 years, from 1986 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 20.13% in 1993. The lowest was -1.69% in 2004 (about -2.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.25% per year.
Maldives ranks 60 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 32%. The median for South Asia is 3.56%, so Maldives sits above it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 80% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 320%. Within South Asia it ranks 2 of 6 economies; Bhutan (3.56%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 723% in 2020. That is 211% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1986 level: doubled by 1993.
World ranking. Slipped: 46th of 126 in 1986 → 98th of 131 in 1990 → 157th of 163 in 2000 → 48th of 186 in 2010 → 171st of 178 in 2020 → 51st of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1986 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.01% | +2.6 pp |
| 2024 | 1.41% | -1.5 pp |
| 2023 | 2.9% | +0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 2.33% | +1.8 pp |
| 2021 | 0.54% | +1.9 pp |
| 2020 | -1.37% | -1.6 pp |
| 2019 | 0.22% | +0.4 pp |
| 2018 | -0.13% | -3.0 pp |
| 2017 | 2.82% | +2.3 pp |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 0.95% | -1.2 pp |
| 2014 | 2.12% | -1.7 pp |
| 2013 | 3.81% | -7.1 pp |
| 2012 | 10.88% | -0.4 pp |
| 2011 | 11.27% | +5.1 pp |
| 2010 | 6.15% | +1.6 pp |
| 2009 | 4.53% | -7.5 pp |
| 2008 | 12.04% | +5.2 pp |
| 2007 | 6.79% | +4.1 pp |
| 2006 | 2.74% | +1.4 pp |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +3.0 pp |
| 2004 | -1.69% | -0.4 pp |
| 2003 | -1.26% | -5.4 pp |
| 2002 | 4.18% | +3.5 pp |
| 2001 | 0.67% | +1.8 pp |
| 2000 | -1.17% | -4.1 pp |
| 1999 | 2.95% | +4.4 pp |
| 1998 | -1.4% | -9.0 pp |
| 1997 | 7.57% | +1.3 pp |
| 1996 | 6.24% | +0.8 pp |
| 1995 | 5.49% | +2.1 pp |
| 1994 | 3.39% | -16.7 pp |
| 1993 | 20.13% | +3.3 pp |
| 1992 | 16.86% | +2.1 pp |
| 1991 | 14.71% | +11.1 pp |
| 1990 | 3.65% | -3.5 pp |
| 1989 | 7.17% | +0.7 pp |
| 1988 | 6.46% | -3.2 pp |
| 1987 | 9.7% | -0.0 pp |
| 1986 | 9.72% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Maldives’s Inflation in 1987?
9.7% (1987). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1986 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -58.8% in total — about 2.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 4.01%; 2024: 1.41%; 2023: 2.9%; 2022: 2.33%; 2021: 0.54%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.