Deposit interest rate in Maldives
Maldives: Deposit interest rate was 3.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Deposit interest rate in Maldives, 1995–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, deposit interest rate in Maldives stood at 3.6%.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit interest rate in Maldives peaked at 4.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2019.
Maldives ranks 78th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Maldives
- Domestic credit to private sector 36.4% (2025)
- Net domestic credit 93.36 billion current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.3 (2024)
- Net foreign assets 8.07 billion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 32.5% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 32.6% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 57.4% (2025)
- Broad money 60.2% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 15.42 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,283 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit interest rate in Maldives?
- Deposit interest rate in Maldives was 3.6% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit interest rate recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest deposit interest rate recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2019.
- How does Maldives rank for deposit interest rate?
- Maldives ranks 78th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is deposit interest rate rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Deposit interest rate is the rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.