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IndicatorMDVMaldivesSouth Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.72rank #74
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile41.1rank #115
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.42rank #64
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.37rank #73
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.7rank #74
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile47rank #118
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.72rank #74
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #78
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile65rank #109
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile51.2rank #113
Rule of Law0-100 percentile57.7rank #97
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.76rank #51
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.56rank #66
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.42rank #71
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile49.6rank #124
Women in parliament% seats3.2%rank #167
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.53rank #123
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment11.3%rank #103
Agriculture value added% GDP4.6%rank #93
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker306,372rank #43
Current account balance% GDP-18.7%rank #159
Employment-to-population ratio%60.8%rank #64
External debt stocks% GNI75.6%rank #91
FDI net inflows% GDP11.4%rank #18
GDPcurrent US$7.74Brank #150
GDP growth%6.3%rank #26
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$14,614.7rank #70
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $24,401.3rank #74
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $19,317.3rank #82
Government expenditure% GDP29.5%rank #62
Gross capital formation% GDP30.8%rank #23
Gross savings% GDP11.2%rank #131
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0%rank #121
Human capital indexindex2.6rank #90
Industry value added% GDP9.3%rank #155
Inflation%4%rank #116
Labour force participation rate%63.9%rank #72
Personal remittances received% GDP0.08%rank #150
Tax revenue% GDP19.5%rank #44
Trade openness% GDP156.5%rank #15
Unemployment% labor force4.5%rank #73
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%4.8%rank #80
Vulnerable employment% employment16.9%rank #61
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2415.7%rank #111
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2417%rank #120
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.8%rank #30
Basic sanitation access% pop99.7%rank #16
Child mortalityper 1000.54rank #25
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,671.3rank #131
DTP3 immunization coverage%99%rank #1
Health spending% GDP9.2%rank #41
Infant mortalityper 1k births4.7rank #24
Life expectancyyears81.3rank #44
Maternal mortalityper 100k32rank #25
Measles immunization% children99%rank #1
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%99%rank #1
Physiciansper 1k2.2rank #67
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m311.2rank #55
Road traffic deathsper 100k1.6rank #3
Smoking prevalence% adults25.5%rank #95
Suicide mortality rateper 100k1.5rank #13
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k40rank #66
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births5.4rank #45
Education
Adult literacy%98.2%rank #9
Education spending% GDP5.2%rank #26
Expected years of schoolingyears12.8rank #121
Mean years of schoolingyears7.4rank #133
Primary completion rate% relevant age93.8%rank #68
Primary enrollment% gross99.7%rank #63
Secondary enrollment% gross79.4%rank #113
Tertiary enrollment% gross48.5%rank #73
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00010.6rank #144
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.6rank #139
Median age of populationyears31.1rank #109
Net migration rateper 1,000-5.5rank #184
Populationpeople529,676rank #171
Population growth%0.35%rank #151
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years85.9rank #27
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands590rank #170
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age32.3rank #212
Urban population%42.5%rank #157
Climate
CO₂ emissionst2.31Mrank #154
CO₂ per capitat4.4rank #75
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation7.1%rank #61
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land2.8%rank #185
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita5.4rank #106
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh611.8rank #146
Renewable electricity%7.1%rank #148
Renewable energy share%1.2%rank #60
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e2.9rank #27
Society
Asylum seekerspeople19rank #7
Extreme poverty% pop0%rank #1
Female labor participation%40.7%rank #148
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10019.6rank #76
Gender Development Indexratio0.99rank #38
Gender Inequality Index0-10.31rank #72
Gini indexindex29.3rank #14
Homicide rateper 100k0.62rank #16
Human Development Index0-10.77rank #73
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.6rank #75
Internet users% pop85.2%rank #77
Life satisfaction0-105.2rank #85
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #34
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people62rank #20
Youth NEET rate%24.3%rank #128
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-101.5rank #10
Human hazard & exposure0-100.2rank #3
INFORM risk score0-102.1rank #10
Lack of coping capacity0-103.8rank #30
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101rank #7
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.8rank #37
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.7rank #14
Socio-economic vulnerability0-102.5rank #26
Vulnerability0-101.7rank #8
Vulnerable groups0-100.8rank #5
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