Expense in Maldives
Maldives: Expense was 29.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Expense in Maldives, 1990–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, expense in Maldives stood at 29.5%.
The figure is down 16.6% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expense in Maldives peaked at 35.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.6%, in 1990.
Maldives ranks 60th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.5% | 16.6% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.9% | 17.4% | 31.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.9% | 20.4% | 26.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 32.4% | 29.5% | 35.3% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Maldives
- DEC alternative conversion factor 15.42 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -9.52 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -617.31 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 19.36 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 1.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -12.35 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -801.33 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 201,974 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 12,950 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 106.98 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expense in Maldives?
- Expense in Maldives was 29.5% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest expense recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 35.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest expense recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.6% in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for expense?
- Maldives ranks 60th out of 157 countries with data for 2021.
- Is expense rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Expense (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.