Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives
Maldives: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives is 0.1%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% on the previous year and up 300.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives peaked at 0.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2013.
Maldives ranks 79th of 149 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +67.9% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -27.7% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -40.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -44.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +180.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -83.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +514.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -90.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +250.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +66.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +200.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -66.7% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +560.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -36.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -54.3% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -50.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 3.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.1% is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.1%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +560.0% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | +514.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 77 Jamaica 0.1% compare
- 77 North Macedonia 0.1% compare
- 79 Bangladesh 0.1% compare
- 79 Bolivia 0.1% compare
- 82 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1% compare
- 82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% compare
- 82 Georgia 0.1% compare
- 82 Guatemala 0.1% compare
- 82 Nicaragua 0.1% compare
- 82 Suriname 0.1% compare
- 82 Tunisia 0.1% compare
- 82 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1% compare
- 82 Albania 0.1% 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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Maldives was 0.1% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2013.
- How does Maldives rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Maldives ranks 79th out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 300.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).