Poverty & Inequality in Maldives 27 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Maldives. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 up 100.0% 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 up 61.7% 14th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 up 6.7% 21st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.57 live births per woman 2023 down 27.6% 155th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,442 kg per hectare 2024 up 5.7% 106th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.6% 25th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.3782 % change on previous year 2024 up 104.4% 91st Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23.61 2023 up 36.8% 68th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.6% 2023 up 36.8% 68th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.9% 39th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 15.57 % change on previous year 2023 up 18.4% 19th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.309 2023 down 13.7% 92nd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.6% 2023 up 29.9% 57th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0722 2023 down 15.2% 222nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0722 2023 down 15.2% 222nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0785 2023 down 14.3% 230th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2856 2023 down 29.3% 75th Population living in slums 34.8% 2022 down 10.1% 65th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.602 2023 up 22.4% 86th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.602 2023 up 22.4% 86th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.602 2023 up 22.4% 86th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 209.19 2023 down 3.5% 72nd Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0779 2024 up 265.9% 87th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 up 300.0% 79th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 9.0% 2011 up 161.9% 96th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 14.8% 2017 down 16.4% 33rd