Economy of maldives. While income disparity remained high particularly between the capital and distant. Revenues fell by an estimated 234 percent in the first quarter of 2020 y o y as tourist related revenues shrank whereas spending grew by 102 percent. Nowadays the mixed economy of the maldives is based on the principal activities of tourism fishing and shipping.
It powered the current gdp per capita. The world bank had projected in april that maldives will be the worst hit country in terms of economy in south asia due to the pandemic. Infrastructure projects largely funded by china could add significantly to debt levels.
Economy one of the poorest countries in the world maldives has a developing economy based on fishing tourism boatbuilding and boat repairing. The maldives government is expecting more than 100000. Maldives has quickly become a middle income country driven by the rapid growth of its tourism and fisheries sectors but the country still contends with a large and growing fiscal deficit.
Scholz maldives insider. 04 million gdp ppp. Fishing has historically been the dominant economic activity and remains the largest sector by far followed by the rapidly growing tourism industry.
80 billion70 growth63 5 year compound annual growth21760 per capita unemployment. Tourism is the largest industry in the maldives accounting for 28 of gdp and more than 60 of the maldives foreign exchange receipts. The world bank classifies the maldives as having an upper middle income economy.
The gross domestic product gdp in maldives was worth 573 billion us dollars in 2019 according to official data from the world bank and projections from trading economics. The gdp value of maldives represents less than 001 percent of the world economy. In ancient times the maldives were renowned for cowries coir rope dried tuna fish ambergris and coco de mer.
The gross national product gnp per capita is among the lowest in the world.
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