South Asia · Partial data: missing GF10, GF02, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
46.1%
+14.8 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
Not available
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
129.4%
of GDP · +91 pts since 1997
Population · 2025
0.5m
106.4% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Maldives yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 2.6% to 9.2% of GDP between 2000 and 2020, then fell to 7.3% by 2023.
Education fell from 5.8% to 3.1% of GDP between 2002 and 2011, then rose to 5.2% by 2023.
Total spending fell from 31.3% to 24.1% of GDP between 1995 and 2004, then rose to 46.1% by 2024.
Gross debt rose from 38.1% to 150.3% of GDP between 1997 and 2020, then fell to 129.4% by 2025.
Population grew from 0.3 million in 1995 to 0.5 million in 2025; the UN projects 0.6 million by 2050.