Maldives
Government debt in Maldives
Government debt in Maldives: 38.1% of GDP in 1997 and 129.4% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 129.4% of GDP
- Since 1997
- +91.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 4 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 130.6% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 130.6% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 150.3% of GDP in 2020, the lowest 34.7% of GDP in 2004.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Maldives |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 129.4 |
| 2024 | 133.4 |
| 2023 | 122.4 |
| 2022 | 111.6 |
| 2021 | 123.4 |
| 2020 | 150.3 |
| 2019 | 77.2 |
| 2018 | 70.7 |
| 2017 | 63.8 |
| 2016 | 62 |
| 2015 | 55 |
| 2014 | 55.1 |
| 2013 | 56 |
| 2012 | 57.1 |
| 2011 | 51.9 |
| 2010 | 52.8 |
| 2009 | 48.4 |
| 2008 | 39 |
| 2007 | 35.8 |
| 2006 | 36.8 |
| 2005 | 43.2 |
| 2004 | 34.7 |
| 2003 | 37.6 |
| 2002 | 44.3 |
| 2001 | 41.8 |
| 2000 | 39 |
| 1999 | 39 |
| 1998 | 39.3 |
| 1997 | 38.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Maldives |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 130.7 |
| 2027 | 130.3 |
| 2028 | 130.1 |
| 2029 | 130.1 |
| 2030 | 130.5 |
| 2031 | 130.6 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Maldives in numbers
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