International tourism, number of departures in Maldives
Maldives: International tourism, number of departures was 123,000 in 2008. ▲ Rising
International tourism, number of departures in Maldives, 1995–2008
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 123,000 for international tourism, number of departures in 2008. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.6% on the previous year and up 232.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, number of departures in Maldives peaked at 123,000 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 32,000, in 1995.
That places Maldives 102nd out of 117 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
International tourism, number of departures in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 32,000 | — |
| 1996 | 32,000 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 33,000 | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 37,000 | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 42,000 | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 42,000 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 41,000 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 43,000 | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 44,000 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 61,000 | +38.6% |
| 2005 | 77,000 | +26.2% |
| 2006 | 74,000 | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 102,000 | +37.8% |
| 2008 | 123,000 | +20.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35,200 | 32,000 | 42,000 | 5 |
| 2000s | 67,444 | 41,000 | 123,000 | 9 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 99 British Virgin Islands 139,000
- 100 Iceland 130,000 compare
- 101 Macau, China 125,000
- 103 Sierra Leone 122,000 compare
- 104 Papua New Guinea 92,000 compare
- 105 Republic of Moldova 75,000
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 international tourism, number of departures in Maldives?
- International tourism, number of departures in Maldives was 123,000 in 2008, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 123,000 in 2008.
- What is the lowest international tourism, number of departures recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,000 in 1995.
- How does Maldives rank for international tourism, number of departures?
- Maldives ranks 102nd out of 117 countries with data for 2008.
- Is international tourism, number of departures rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 232.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, number of departures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.