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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Maldives: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Maldives is placed 103rd of 196 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Social Protection Coverage 30.1 (2025); Maternal Mortality Ratio 31.82 (2023).
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Development & Human Capital
103rd
of 196 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Maldives on development & human capital — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 2 of 3
Maternal Mortality Ratio
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
31.82
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
Maldives: 31.82. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 0.11 (Cook Islands) to 992.83 (Nigeria); the world median is 46.65.
- World median
- 46.65
- Best in Southern Asia
- 15.84 Iran
Key 3 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.766
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 93rd of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
Maldives: 0.766. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.388 (South Sudan) to 0.972 (Iceland); the world median is 0.762.
- World median
- 0.762
- Best in Southern Asia
- 0.799 Iran
02Over time
Which way Maldives is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births · lower is better
MaldivesWorld median
Maldives fell from 93.64 in 2000 to 31.82 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year Maldives World median 2023 31.8 46.7 2022 34.3 53.0 2021 60.1 76.6 2020 47.6 56.0 2019 39.4 48.4 2018 39.5 49.3 2017 41.2 47.2 2016 41.0 50.6 2015 40.9 51.9 2014 42.7 52.8 2013 47.4 53.3 2012 47.3 54.6 2011 48.2 55.0 2010 49.2 56.1 2009 52.3 56.3 2008 53.0 55.8 2007 50.6 56.8 2006 52.4 58.1 2005 54.3 60.1 2004 64.9 63.0 2003 70.3 66.8 2002 76.4 66.0 2001 80.9 68.1 2000 93.6 71.0 Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
MaldivesWorld median
Maldives rose from 0.639 in 2000 to 0.766 in 2023; the world median went from 0.672 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year Maldives World median 2023 0.766 0.7620 2022 0.764 0.7610 2021 0.745 0.7450 2020 0.730 0.7425 2019 0.749 0.7515 2018 0.744 0.7520 2017 0.739 0.7480 2016 0.732 0.7500 2015 0.725 0.7430 2014 0.718 0.7410 2013 0.710 0.7390 2012 0.704 0.7350 2011 0.698 0.7250 2010 0.689 0.7250 2009 0.682 0.7220 2008 0.681 0.7180 2007 0.672 0.7100 2006 0.672 0.7045 2005 0.657 0.6960 2004 0.655 0.6960 2003 0.654 0.6910 2002 0.645 0.6845 2001 0.639 0.6770 2000 0.639 0.6720
03In context
Maldives beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 196 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.
Maldives and Southern Asia
Maldives has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 196; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Social Protection CoveragePopulation covered by at least one social protection benefit (%) | Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live births | Human Development IndexHDI score (0–1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iran | 48th | 100 | 15.84 | 0.799 |
 Sri Lanka | =89th | 41.3 | 18.32 | 0.776 |
| Maldives | 103rd | 30.1 | 31.82 | 0.766 |
 India | 114th | 64.3 | 80.48 | 0.685 |
 Bhutan | 133rd | 11.9 | 46.65 | 0.698 |
 Bangladesh | 138th | 22 | 115.11 | 0.685 |
 Nepal | 145th | 21 | 142.01 | 0.622 |
 Pakistan | 154th | 20.2 | 155.03 | 0.544 |
 Afghanistan | 189th | 7.5 | 520.5 | 0.496 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Southern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 196.
Placed either side on development & human capital
The countries immediately above and below Maldives in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Maldives is ahead of the world, and behind
39 more statistics filed under development & human capital, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median23
Statistics on which Maldives does better than the middle country measured.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.25204.252No earlier reading
Maldives: 0 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 157th of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.102.1▲ Improved since 2014
Maldives: 0 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909990▲ Improved since 2015
Maldives: 99 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919991▲ Improved since 2015
Maldives: 99 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Child MarriageUNICEF · 2025 · world median 17.12.217.1No earlier reading
Maldives: 2.2 · world median 17.1 · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.3; lower is better.
Position 132nd of 143 · derived, 1st = worst.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0030.039No real change since 2018
Maldives: 0.003 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 97th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7463.0340.74No earlier reading
Maldives: 63.03 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 20th of 136 · derived.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.810080.8No earlier reading
Maldives: 100 · world median 80.8 · People above statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6381.0474.63▲ Improved since 2013
Maldives: 81.04 · world median 74.63 · Years a newborn would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 54.46 to 86.37; higher is better.
Position 44th of 222 · derived.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.545.43914.54▲ Improved since 2014
Maldives: 5.439 · world median 14.54 · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.26 to 115.65; lower is better.
Position 156th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8581.362.858▲ Improved since 2014
Maldives: 1.36 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 154th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.264.74512.26▲ Improved since 2014
Maldives: 4.745 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 152nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1343.678.134▲ Improved since 2014
Maldives: 3.67 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 147th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.9860.971▲ Improved since 2013
Maldives: 0.986 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 51st of 184 · derived.
Human Capital Wealth per CapitaWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 25,23078,12725,230▲ Improved since 2010
Maldives: 78,127 · world median 25,230 · Human capital per person — present value of future earnings (real chained 2019 US$). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 700.38 to 735,422; higher is better.
Position 44th of 151 · derived.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1635.1478.163No real change since 2013
Maldives: 5.147 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 131st of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6751.3846.67▲ Improved since 2012
Maldives: 51.38 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 72nd of 195 · derived.
Comprehensive Wealth per CapitaWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 46,48674,50146,486▲ Improved since 2010
Maldives: 74,501 · world median 46,486 · National comprehensive wealth per person (real chained 2019 US$). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 4,276 to 1,246,092; higher is better.
Position 58th of 150 · derived.
Disability Benefit CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 43.963.843.9No earlier reading
Maldives: 63.8 · world median 43.9 · People with severe disabilities receiving disability benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
GDP per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 17,26524,40117,265▲ Improved since 2015
Maldives: 24,401 · world median 17,265 · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,067 to 139,593; higher is better.
Position 74th of 185 · derived.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.3090.351No real change since 2013
Maldives: 0.309 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 79th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 2025 · world median 98.498.898.4No earlier reading
Maldives: 98.8 · world median 98.4 · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.7 to 100; higher is better.
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour BenefitsWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 18.6519.2218.65No earlier reading
Maldives: 19.22 · world median 18.65 · Benefits received as a share of beneficiaries' total income or consumption (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.455 to 90.86; higher is better.
Behind the world median11
Statistics on which Maldives does worse than the middle country measured.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.6020.609▲ Improved since 2013
Maldives: 0.602 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.
Position 88th of 169 · derived.
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 13.815.2813.8No earlier reading
Maldives: 15.28 · world median 13.8 · Children under 5 who are stunted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.518 to 52.8; lower is better.
Position 75th of 162 · derived, 1st = worst.
Cereal YieldFAO · 2023 · world median 3,0722,4323,072No real change since 2013
Maldives: 2,432 · world median 3,072 · Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 23 to 29,147; higher is better.
Position 104th of 179 · derived.
Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 17.0520.5317.05▲ Improved since 2013
Maldives: 20.53 · world median 17.05 · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.865 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 71st of 169 · derived, 1st = worst.
Statistical Performance IndicatorsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 69.364.3769.3▲ Improved since 2016
Maldives: 64.37 · world median 69.3 · SPI overall score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 27.12 to 94.14; higher is better.
Position 114th of 188 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3412.7713.34No real change since 2013
Maldives: 12.77 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 121st of 195 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9337.419.933▲ Improved since 2013
Maldives: 7.41 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 135th of 193 · derived.
Country Policy and Institutional AssessmentWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.2462.953.246▼ Worsened since 2015
Maldives: 2.95 · world median 3.246 · IDA Resource Allocation Index (1 = low to 6 = high). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.617 to 4.225; higher is better.
Position 55th of 78 · derived.
Child and Family Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 23.758.223.75No earlier reading
Maldives: 8.2 · world median 23.75 · Children or households with children receiving child or family cash benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.2113.7210.21No real change since 2010
Maldives: 13.72 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 43rd of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5469.1493.546No earlier reading
Maldives: 9.149 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 22nd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Level with the median, or no median to compare3
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Maldives: 100 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Maldives: 100 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 000No earlier reading
Maldives: 0 · world median 0 · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
No better end2
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 2023 · world median 2.5793.4192.579Moved since 2013
Maldives: 3.419 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.
Position 57th of 130 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.261.78711.26Moved since 2015
Maldives: 1.787 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.
Position 130th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Maldives
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution (last 2017), Children with Functional Difficulties, Employment Injury Protection Coverage, Foundational ID Ownership, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2024), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day (last 2019), Prosperity Gap (last 2019) and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Development & Human Capital among Maldives’s 16 topics
Development & Human Capital is Maldives’s 10th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Poverty & Inequality13th of 1593/3 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 56th of 1933/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing62nd of 2003/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 64th of 1824/4 keys
- Peace & Security68th of 1773/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge79th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation79th of 1762/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties97th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture92nd of 1843/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital103rd of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions105th of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability128th of 1862/4 keys
- Gender & Equality149th of 1833/4 keys
- Digital & Technology162nd of 1984/4 keys
- Energy136th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade169th of 1772/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on development & human capital
The three countries placed highest of 196, and the leaders Maldives can most readily be measured against.
1
Cook IslandsPolynesia
1st of 196 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Benedict Adam · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
DenmarkNorthern Europe
3rd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Israel10th3/3 keysHighest in Southern Asia
Iran48th3/3 keysThis page
Maldives103rd3/3 keys
Positions out of 196 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Maldives and development & human capital
On development & human capital
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On development & human capital
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
08Questions
Maldives on development & human capital: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Maldives rank on development & human capital?
Maldives is placed 103rd of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Social Protection Coverage, Maternal Mortality Ratio and Human Development Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Social Protection Coverage figure for Maldives?
30.1 in 2025 (population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 52.1.
What is the latest Maternal Mortality Ratio figure for Maldives?
31.82 in 2023 (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), according to UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The world median in the same edition was 46.65.
How have Maldives’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 93.64 in 2000 to 31.82 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.639 in 2000 to 0.766 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Maldives?
No current reading is published for Maldives on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Children with Functional Difficulties, Employment Injury Protection Coverage, Foundational ID Ownership, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Prosperity Gap and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Poverty lines, inequality and aid received are published here as context rather than as keys, often because they cover fewer countries or are measured too rarely. Development is also not the same as economic size or growth, which belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Development & Human Capital standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The development & human capital method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Social Protection Coverage — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Maternal Mortality Ratio — UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Human Development Index — UNDP Human Development Report Office, CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 39 statistics on this page come from 13 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Maldives’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Maldives (banner) — Steevie, CC0
- Cook Islands — Benedict Adam, CC BY 2.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Maldives: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/maldives/development