Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Maldives
Maldives: Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social was 9.0% in 2011. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Maldives, 2000–2011
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2011, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Maldives stood at 9.0%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 70.5% on the previous year and up 161.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Maldives peaked at 9.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 96th of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.8% | — |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +21.8% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 4.0% | +25.9% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | +17.2% |
| 2005 | 8.6% | +85.1% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | -50.7% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | -33.5% |
| 2008 | 6.2% | +118.9% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | -32.5% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | +25.7% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | +70.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4% | 2.8% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 5.3% | 9.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 93 Seychelles 11.7% compare
- 94 Cook Islands 9.7%
- 95 Samoa 9.0%
- 97 Bahamas 7.9% compare
- 98 Naoero 7.7%
- 99 Indonesia 7.6% compare
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 proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Maldives?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Maldives was 9.0% in 2011, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 9.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Maldives ranks 96th out of 127 countries with data for 2011.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 161.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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