Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives
Maldives: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 9.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives, 2002–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives stood at 9.6%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives peaked at 21.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 2025.
Maldives ranks 136th of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21.2% | — |
| 2003 | 20.2% | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 19.4% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -33.2% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 12.7% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 13.7% | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | -20.3% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 11.2% | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 10.6% | -15.4% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | +15.8% |
| 2018 | 11.4% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | -12.9% |
| 2021 | 10.0% | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 10.6% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 10.7% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 9.6% | -10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.7% | 12.6% | 21.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 9.8% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 9.6% | 11.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More education data for Maldives
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Maldives was 9.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 21.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 2025.
- How does Maldives rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Maldives ranks 136th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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