Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives
Maldives: Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square was 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives, 1995–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives is 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.8% on the previous year and up 107.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives peaked at 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 136,667 current US$ per square kilometre, in 1995.
Maldives ranks 10th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives, year by year
| Year | current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 136,667 current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 1996 | 160,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 1997 | 170,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 183,333 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 193,333 current US$ per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 200,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 196,667 current US$ per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 200,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 200,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 250,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 313,333 current US$ per square kilometre | +25.3% |
| 2006 | 353,333 current US$ per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 506,667 current US$ per square kilometre | +43.4% |
| 2008 | 703,333 current US$ per square kilometre | +38.8% |
| 2009 | 706,667 current US$ per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 840,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 770,000 current US$ per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 690,000 current US$ per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 840,000 current US$ per square kilometre | +21.7% |
| 2014 | 903,333 current US$ per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million current US$ per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 1.16 million current US$ per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 1.23 million current US$ per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 1.38 million current US$ per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 1.44 million current US$ per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 419,640 current US$ per square kilometre | -70.8% |
| 2021 | 590,710 current US$ per square kilometre | +40.8% |
| 2022 | 1.34 million current US$ per square kilometre | +126.9% |
| 2023 | 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre | +29.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +126.9% | 590,710 current US$ per square kilometre | 1.34 million current US$ per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 168,667 current US$ per square kilometre | 136,667 current US$ per square kilometre | 193,333 current US$ per square kilometre | 5 |
| 2000s | 363,000 current US$ per square kilometre | 196,667 current US$ per square kilometre | 706,667 current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million current US$ per square kilometre | 690,000 current US$ per square kilometre | 1.44 million current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million current US$ per square kilometre | 419,640 current US$ per square kilometre | 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 7 Luxembourg 1.97 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 8 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.96 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 9 Qatar 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 11 Cayman Islands 1.57 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 12 Curacao 1.25 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 13 Kuwait 852,334 current US$ per square kilometre 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 spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives?
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Maldives was 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 136,667 current US$ per square kilometre in 1995.
- How does Maldives rank for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square?
- Maldives ranks 10th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.