Current account balance in Maldives

The current account balance of Maldives was -6.2% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1978 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Maldives, 2025 -6.2% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +12.4percentage points 2024: -18.5%

Current account balance in Maldives over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Maldives
2025 -6.2%
2024 -18.5%
2023 -21.1%
2022 -16.9%
2021 -8.6%
2020 -35.7%
2019 -25.8%
2018 -27.8%
2017 -21.3%
2016 -23.4%
2015 -7.3%
2014 -3.2%
2013 -3.9%
2012 -6.4%
2011 -13.8%
2010 -7.6%
2009 -9.4%
2008 -26.9%
2007 -14.4%
2006 -19.2%
2005 -23.5%
2004 -10.0%
2003 -3.0%
2002 -4.0%
2001 -6.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +12.4 percentage points from -18.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -7.3%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1978 to 2025 for Maldives
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics