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Maldives — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Maldives, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
63.50%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +28.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Maldives was 63.50% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 63.63% in 2019. The lowest was 49.52% in 1990 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.71% per year.
Maldives ranks 79 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 42%. The median for South Asia is 58.80%, so Maldives sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
63.50%
First (1990)
49.52%
Change
+28.2%
Highest
63.63%
in 2019
Lowest
49.52%
in 1990
Average
55.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.71%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.5% |
| 2024 | 63.2% |
| 2023 | 63.33% |
| 2022 | 63.42% |
| 2021 | 59.78% |
| 2020 | 58.3% |
| 2019 | 63.63% |
| 2018 | 61.43% |
| 2017 | 59.18% |
| 2016 | 56.89% |
| 2015 | 56.21% |
| 2014 | 55.53% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.