Maldives, year by year

Every index this site holds for Maldives, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2000

Human development rose from 0.639 in 2000 to 0.766 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 24 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 81.3 years2024at birthUp 6.5 years from 74.8 years in 2005
Internet users: 85%2024of people onlineUp 74 points from 11% in 2006
Urban population: 43%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 35% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.562024births per womanDown 0.64 from 2.20 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 1%2022of energy usedDown 1 point from 2% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 9 points from 91% in 2005
Infant mortality: 52024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 14 from 19 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 3.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 1.3 t from 2.2 t in 2005
Forest area: 3%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 11 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	63.1	—	—	6.13	4.5	—	73	0.4	2.7	—	—
1991	—	63.9	0.0	25.8	5.80	4.4	—	69	0.4	2.7	—	—
1992	—	64.7	0.0	25.7	5.44	3.1	—	65	0.5	2.7	—	—
1993	—	65.4	0.0	25.6	5.06	3.8	—	61	0.5	2.7	—	—
1994	—	66.2	0.0	25.6	4.69	4.0	—	58	1.1	2.7	—	—
1995	—	67.0	0.0	25.6	4.29	3.3	—	54	1.3	2.7	—	—
1996	—	67.7	0.2	25.7	3.86	3.2	—	50	1.3	2.7	—	—
1997	—	68.5	0.3	26.0	3.48	2.7	—	46	1.1	2.7	—	—
1998	—	69.3	0.6	26.5	3.17	3.0	—	42	1.3	2.7	—	—
1999	—	70.2	1.1	27.0	2.90	2.2	—	38	1.2	2.7	—	—
2000	0.639	70.9	2.2	27.6	2.69	2.3	84	34	2.2	2.7	—	—
2001	0.639	71.7	3.6	28.6	2.53	2.3	88	30	1.9	2.7	—	—
2002	0.645	72.4	5.3	29.9	2.42	1.8	88	27	2.3	2.7	—	—
2003	0.654	73.3	6.0	31.4	2.34	2.2	89	24	1.9	2.7	—	—
2004	0.655	73.0	6.6	32.9	2.26	1.7	90	22	2.5	2.7	—	—
2005	0.657	74.8	6.9	34.1	2.20	2.0	91	19	2.2	2.7	—	—
2006	0.672	75.3	11.0	34.9	2.20	1.6	92	17	2.7	2.7	5019	12075
2007	0.672	75.7	16.3	35.4	2.29	1.5	93	15	2.7	2.7	5758	12852
2008	0.681	76.0	23.2	35.9	2.37	1.5	94	14	2.8	2.7	6757	13779
2009	0.682	76.4	24.8	36.4	2.39	1.5	100	13	2.8	2.7	6734	12266
2010	0.689	76.8	26.5	36.8	2.35	1.4	99	12	2.9	2.7	7174	12797
2011	0.698	77.1	34.0	37.1	2.31	1.3	99	11	3.1	2.7	7425	13726
2012	0.704	77.5	38.9	37.5	2.25	1.2	99	10	3.7	2.7	7461	13989
2013	0.710	77.8	44.1	37.8	2.17	1.3	99	10	4.0	2.7	8236	15264
2014	0.718	78.2	49.3	38.2	2.09	1.2	100	9	5.3	2.7	8939	16723
2015	0.725	78.6	54.5	38.6	2.00	1.5	100	9	3.7	2.7	9645	17875
2016	0.732	78.9	59.5	39.0	1.90	1.2	100	8	3.9	2.7	9948	18770
2017	0.739	79.2	65.0	39.3	1.80	1.3	100	7	3.5	2.7	10510	19768
2018	0.744	79.4	70.9	39.7	1.71	1.3	100	7	2.9	2.7	11423	21899
2019	0.749	79.7	77.5	40.0	1.64	1.3	100	6	3.1	2.7	11740	23077
2020	0.730	78.7	79.1	40.4	1.61	1.6	100	6	2.4	2.7	7394	13425
2021	0.745	78.0	82.0	40.7	1.60	1.4	100	6	3.3	2.7	10176	19053
2022	0.764	80.8	83.9	41.1	1.58	1.2	100	5	3.4	2.7	11786	22877
2023	0.766	81.0	84.5	41.5	1.58	—	100	5	3.4	2.8	12588	24807
2024	—	81.3	85.2	42.0	1.56	—	100	5	3.6	—	13379	26221
2025	—	—	—	42.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	14615	28555
On the profile	0.766	81.3	85.2	42.5	1.56	1.2	—	—	3.6	2.8	14615	28555

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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