Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Maldives
Maldives: Food exports (% of merchandise exports) was 97.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Food exports in Maldives, 1995–2025
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
In 2025, food exports in Maldives stood at 97.0%.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food exports in Maldives peaked at 98.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 53.7%, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 4th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 73.8% | — |
| 1996 | 82.2% | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 79.0% | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 76.0% | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 60.8% | -19.9% |
| 2000 | 53.7% | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 57.4% | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 61.6% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 67.7% | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 73.5% | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 98.4% | +33.9% |
| 2006 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 98.0% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 98.4% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 97.7% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 96.2% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 98.2% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 98.4% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 97.7% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 97.4% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 98.6% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 98.4% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 98.2% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.7% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 97.7% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 95.4% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 95.5% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 96.5% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 94.4% | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 97.0% | +2.8% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 97.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.9%, 4.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 97.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 20.5%, 4.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Food exports (% of merchandise exports) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +33.9% | 73.5% | 98.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.4% | 60.8% | 82.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 80.5% | 53.7% | 98.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.8% | 96.2% | 98.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.1% | 94.4% | 97.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More private sector data for Maldives
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 22.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Manufactures exports 0.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 5.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 838.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0574 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food exports in Maldives?
- Food exports in Maldives was 97.0% in 2025, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest food exports recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest food exports recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.7% in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for food exports?
- Maldives ranks 4th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is food exports rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Food exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.