Official exchange rate in Maldives
Maldives: Official exchange rate was 15.42 LCU per US$, period average in 2025. ▲ Rising
Official exchange rate in Maldives, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in LCU per US$, period average.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official exchange rate in Maldives is 15.42 LCU per US$, period average, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official exchange rate in Maldives peaked at 15.42 LCU per US$, period average in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.93 LCU per US$, period average, in 1974.
Maldives ranks 102nd of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.76 LCU per US$, period average | 4.75 LCU per US$, period average | 4.76 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.11 LCU per US$, period average | 3.93 LCU per US$, period average | 8.97 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.77 LCU per US$, period average | 7.05 LCU per US$, period average | 9.22 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.18 LCU per US$, period average | 9.55 LCU per US$, period average | 11.77 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.64 LCU per US$, period average | 11.77 LCU per US$, period average | 12.8 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.04 LCU per US$, period average | 12.8 LCU per US$, period average | 15.39 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.39 LCU per US$, period average | 15.37 LCU per US$, period average | 15.42 LCU per US$, period average | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Maldives
- Net migration -2,283 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.3 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 93.36 billion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 32.5% (2025)
- Broad money 60.2% (2025)
- Net foreign assets 8.07 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 32.6% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 36.4% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 57.4% (2025)
- Claims on central government 8.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official exchange rate in Maldives?
- Official exchange rate in Maldives was 15.42 LCU per US$, period average in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest official exchange rate recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 15.42 LCU per US$, period average in 2025.
- What is the lowest official exchange rate recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.93 LCU per US$, period average in 1974.
- How does Maldives rank for official exchange rate?
- Maldives ranks 102nd out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official exchange rate rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. This indicator represents the ratio of Local Currency Units relative to United States dollars.This indicator is derived as an average over the reference period.