Maldives
Republic of the Maldives
- Region
- Asia · Southern Asia
- Capital
- Malé
- Population
- 529,676 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Maldivian rufiyaa (MVR)
- Official languages
- Maldivian
- Spoken languages
- Dhivehi (official, closely related to Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
- Written scripts
- Thaana
- Area
- 300 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- IMF, OIC, WCO, WTO
Political stability
65 / 100
Economic stability
46 / 100
Population stability
44 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- fish, aircraft, refined petroleum, scrap iron, natural gas (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, plastic products, aircraft, granite, ships (2023)
- Natural resources
- fish
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean services to Asia, the Gulf, and Europe via Suez
- Secondary route
- Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea feeder networks
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.