Income inequality: Atkinson index in Maldives
Maldives: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2856 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Maldives, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Maldives is 0.2856, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Maldives peaked at 0.404 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2856, in 2020.
That places Maldives 75th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.404 | — |
| 2011 | 0.404 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.404 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.404 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.404 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.404 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3105 | -23.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3105 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3105 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3105 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2856 | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2856 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2856 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2856 | +0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.2856 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.2856 is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.3393, 84% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3666 | 0.3105 | 0.404 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2856 | 0.2856 | 0.2856 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More poverty & inequality data for Maldives
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.57 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,442 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.3782 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23.61 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Maldives?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Maldives was 0.2856 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.404 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2856 in 2020.
- How does Maldives rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Maldives ranks 75th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.