Labor force, total, per capita in Maldives
Maldives: Labor force, total, per capita was 0.5141 units per person in 2025. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per capita in Maldives, 1990β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 0.5141 units per person for labor force, total, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per capita in Maldives peaked at 0.5141 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2626 units per person, in 1990.
Maldives ranks 50th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2814 units per person | 0.2626 units per person | 0.3158 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3557 units per person | 0.3277 units per person | 0.3819 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4353 units per person | 0.3924 units per person | 0.4984 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4944 units per person | 0.4592 units per person | 0.5141 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4,691 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0089 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per capita in Maldives?
- Labor force, total, per capita in Maldives was 0.5141 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5141 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2626 units per person in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for labor force, total, per capita?
- Maldives ranks 50th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, total, per capita rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.