International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Maldives
Maldives: International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) was 4.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
International tourism, expenditures in Maldives, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Maldives is 4.3%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 59.0% on the previous year and down 70.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Maldives peaked at 14.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2020.
Maldives ranks 68th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 13.1% | — |
| 1996 | 13.6% | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 12.7% | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 13.4% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 12.6% | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 13.3% | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 12.9% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 11.2% | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 10.8% | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 9.3% | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 10.2% | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 14.3% | +41.0% |
| 2010 | 14.9% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | -32.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 10.5% | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 9.8% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 10.8% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 10.5% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 10.6% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | -59.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 4.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.1%, 1.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 4.3% is above the median for South Asia, which is 3.7%, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -59.0% | 10.6% | 4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 9.3% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 9.6% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 1 |
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)
- Food exports 97.0% (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Maldives?
- International tourism, expenditures in Maldives was 4.3% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2020.
- How does Maldives rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Maldives ranks 68th out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.