High income vs Maldives: Trade in services
High income
16.0%
in 2025
Maldives
98.0%
in 2024
High income rank
12th
Maldives rank
10th
Trade in services over time
- High income
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 98.0% against 16.0% in High income, a difference of 82.0%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 6.1 times High income's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 12th and Maldives ranks 10th of 47 groups.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.9% | 67.7% | 60.8% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 7.4% | 127.6% | 120.1% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 74.3% | 66.2% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 11.1% | 65.8% | 54.7% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 91.9% | 76.9% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 89.1% | 72.4% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher trade in services, High income or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 98.0% against 16.0% in High income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in trade in services between High income and Maldives?
- 82.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Maldives?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do High income and Maldives rank globally for trade in services?
- High income ranks 12th and Maldives ranks 10th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Trade in services (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. 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.