Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Maldives
Maldives: Regulatory Quality - Number of sources was 5 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
5
Change on year
up 25.0%
World rank
172nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
5
in 2008
All-time low
1
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Maldives, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 5 for regulatory quality - number of sources in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 25.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - number of sources in Maldives peaked at 5 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1996.
That places Maldives 172nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Number of sources in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | — |
| 1998 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2005 | 4 | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 5 | +25.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 5 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8, 62% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 5 is below the median for South Asia, which is 10, 50% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.6 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.17 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 172 Bahamas 5 compare
- 172 Cuba 5 compare
- 172 Fiji 5 compare
- 172 Kiribati 5 compare
- 172 North Korea 5 compare
- 172 Libya 5 compare
- 172 Samoa 5 compare
- 172 Seychelles 5 compare
- 172 Saint Lucia 5 compare
- 172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 compare
- 172 Turkmenistan 5 compare
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is regulatory quality - number of sources in Maldives?
- Regulatory quality - number of sources in Maldives was 5 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2008.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - number of sources recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1996.
- How does Maldives rank for regulatory quality - number of sources?
- Maldives ranks 172nd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - number of sources rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Regulatory Quality - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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