Maldives vs World: GDP growth

Maldives
6.3%
in 2025
World
2.9%
in 2025
Maldives rank
30th
World rank
31st

GDP growth over time

  • Maldives
  • World
-40-2002040196119932025

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 6.3% against 2.9% in World, a difference of 3.4%.

That makes Maldives's figure about 2.2 times World's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 30th and World ranks 31st of 213 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives World Difference Ahead
1970s 4.9% 4.0% 0.9% Maldives
1980s 12.2% 3.0% 9.2% Maldives
1990s 8.1% 2.8% 5.3% Maldives
2000s 4.7% 3.0% 1.7% Maldives
2010s 6.6% 3.2% 3.4% Maldives
2020s 5.5% 2.6% 2.9% Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp growth, Maldives or World?
Maldives, at 6.3% against 2.9% in World as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp growth between Maldives and World?
3.4%, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and World?
55 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2025.
How do Maldives and World rank globally for gdp growth?
Maldives ranks 30th and World ranks 31st of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as GDP growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,323 data points, 1961–2025
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Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.