Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Maldives
Maldives: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 99.7% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Maldives, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Maldives stood at 99.7%.
That represents a change of up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Maldives peaked at 99.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 98.1%, in 2003.
That places Maldives 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 98.1% | — |
| 2004 | 98.2% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 98.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 98.8% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.4% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 99.4% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.5% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 99.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 99.7% is below the median for South Asia, which is 100.0%, 100% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.5% | 98.1% | 99.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 99.1% | 99.7% | 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 starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Maldives?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Maldives was 99.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.1% in 2003.
- How does Maldives rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Maldives ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement 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.