Indicators of economy on the Maldives

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product, the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12,230 USD per capita. GDP on the Maldives, on the other hand, reached USD 10,366 per capita, or 5.41 billion USD for the whole country. The Maldives is currently at number 163 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant, taking purchasing power parity into account, then the Maldives rank 73rd in the list of the richest countries.

Inflation on the Maldives in 2021 was around 0.54%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55 percent. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 43.0 percent lower.
The index for perceived corruption in the public sector is 40, which is below average by global standards.


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