Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Maldives
Maldives: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 97.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Maldives, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Maldives is 97.1%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Maldives peaked at 97.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 92.3%, in 2009.
That places Maldives 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 92.3% | — |
| 2010 | 92.9% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 93.4% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 95.3% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 95.1% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 95.2% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 96.3% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 96.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 97.2% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 97.1% | -0.1% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 97.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 97.1% is above the median for South Asia, which is 93.5%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.3% | 92.3% | 92.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 95.5% | 92.9% | 97.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More private sector data for Maldives
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 94.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million 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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Maldives?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Maldives was 97.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 97.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.3% in 2009.
- How does Maldives rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Maldives ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.